He had come to the city with dreams in his eyes of earning enough. While he hoped that this would get his family out of poverty, life had other plans.
He was promised the moon but what he finally got was peanuts. Moreover, his work was so back-breaking that he cried himself to sleep day in and day out.
But the thought of getting embarrassed by his friends and family and the determination to ensure his family stays happy was enough for him to stay on.
As the days passed by, he felt that his life was sliding into obscurity.
Linking to Flash Fiction for the Purposeful Practitioner
I am taking the A to Z Challenge 2020 with Blogchatter and my theme is Microfiction.
Tina Acharya
Thoughtful!!
transitionofthoughts
Thanks Tina .
Dr.Amrita
Sad story.There’s a book I read on a similat topic.About saying fisherman from Kerala who went to UAE for work.
transitionofthoughts
I guess you mean the book “Arabian Dream” right?
mommytincture
Isn’t it what happens with most of us. We feel that we are going in to win the world, and then the reality really hits hard on us. This one though was a real sad story.
Dr. Jyoti Arora
A poignant read!!
transitionofthoughts
Thanks Jyoti for stopping by. Such stories are the sad reality in so many places 🙁
alpanadeo
When the reality seems a contrast of our dreams, it hurts badly. It breaks us, pull us down
transitionofthoughts
It definitely does Alpana and that’s the horrible part :(.
Frédérique
Yes, beautifully said, but still a sad story.
O is for Oya
Weekends in Maine
So sad and all too common. Weekends In Maine
Ira Mishra
Very poignant…. But very true!!
Shweta Suresh
The sad story of many millennialS.
transitionofthoughts
I guess so many of us expect so much but get so little and the result is a disaster :(.
Shweta Suresh
Yes. 🙁
Alice Gerard
It is the sad story that i have lived for far too long. It is expressed in a spare style that fits the word limit, and it expresses a truth about the disconnect between expectations and reality.
transitionofthoughts
Thanks Alice :).