Category: short stories

• Entering the winter of his life

  The sun shone for fewer hours and the light glowed less bright during this time. The wind blew a more critical song in our ears no matter how fast we ran. And we all knew what the matter was. We all knew what was to come. Despite being very aware of this, somehow, many of…

  Najois

  November 25, 2021

  being a human being, short stories

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  Last night, before going to bed, I had been reflecting about my enormous willpower and desires confronted with my need for discipline and moderation.It is not a sudden reflection, I have been observant of this for quite some time, but at this moment, I feel the need to work on balancing these two poles, that…

  Najois

  February 23, 2020

  being a human being, short stories

  brute force, learning from mistakes, mars conjunct saturn, mars in scorpio, mars saturn aspect, philosophy, wandering

• La nébuleuse de la Rosette

  ” I often think how I really want to see you again. I should’ve run into your arms when it was appropriate.”, he said. I won’t lie, it took me a long time to digest these words. I sat down, then walked up and down in my home, like a rocket shot into the universe.

  Najois

  January 27, 2020

  short stories

  birth of stars, love, nébuleuse, regret, unrequited love

• So he called me a witch.

  

  I saw him standing in a dark corner, alone, it filled me with joy. With all that might I approached him and he stepped back. I pressed my hand against his chest talking directly to his heart. He violently swiped it away, afraid of the powers that lie within those hands. So he called me…

  Najois

  May 15, 2019

  short stories

  enchantress, moon pluto, obsession, obsessive love, pluto, plutonian love, poetry, powerful, strong women, toxic love, witch, witchcraft

• __What do we build from the ruins?__

  He needed to be loved, and so he was going to get love. Bright like a sun and dim like a moon, that man could eclipse the stars in their darkest nights. For him it was the right time, and he would get it. And so he did. But it wasn’t me. Oh no, it…

  Najois

  May 13, 2019

  short stories

  hadesmoon, love hate, poetry, sun square moon, toxic love, venus square pluto

• On to the Holy War

  “Mom, why do I feel so numb inside?” . Dear child, we all struggled to get you a better life. So you would have all the riches in the world. For a better life. The war had left us in shatters, you know. For many generations to come. Our men were sent out to die…

  Najois

  May 13, 2019

  short stories

  ancestors, better world, doom, generational pain, healing the inner child, inner voice, numbness, pain, trauma, victimisation, war

• The pilgrim’s dilemma

  The devil placed a cup in front of me, left me with a distressing choice. Should I drink it or will I accept to let it be? Many years ago I had left my hometown to discover the vast land. I had my reasons and felt I could only prosper through the pilgrim’s life path.…

  Najois

  April 6, 2019

  short stories

  duality, Hermit path, short stories