You know how it goes.
How the shortest stories long to be understood, how they are secretive and open to interpretation, but always hide a meaning that longs to be unveiled.
How you’re stuck with a wasted day, a wasted truth, a wasted cake, a birthday cake untasted you hope to give away, before the day ends.
How you blow a cake-less candle instead, you make a wish, and when you open up your eyes, that cake has turned into a tiny poem, a truth unspoken, a hole of nothing left.
How the tiniest stories burst like balloons, how they explode like a reverse big bang that ends worlds, birthdays, hope, and how truth glows subtly but always, in the end.
Mileva Anastasiadou is a neurologist, from Athens, Greece and the author of “We Fade With Time” by Alien Buddha Press. A Pushcart, Best of the Net, Best Microfiction and Best Small Fictions nominated writer, her work can be found in many journals, such as the Chestnut Review, New World Writing, Best Microfiction anthology 2024, trampset, and others.
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