The Void in Me | Short Story by Rohan Biswas | Phoenix
The Void in Me. I was preparing myself to write something down. Anything. Maybe about my thoughts. But I was convinced that I cannot. My mind goes blank all of a sudden and it happens regularly nowadays. Whenever I make up my mind to write something, a blog, or a journal, or a story, or anything of that kind, my mind goes blank. Most times I feel so empty within. I don’t know from which corner of the universe is this voidness coming from, but it’s feeding on me. I met Rishika online. We spoke often via Instagram and shared our thoughts which we dare not speak out in public or to someone else. Then one day, we planned to meet, for the first time. We had known each other for like three years and haven’t met until then. So one fine afternoon, we did. It was nice interacting in person. We poured our heart out to each other. It seemed like therapy. Turned out that we both have been suffering. It is really painful when you are going through tough times, and don’t see anythi...