Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 11
It’s late, and for some reason I find myself wading waist deep against a stream flowing away from me. I know I have to keep going, to keep struggling as in the distance is the place I want to be. I’m not sure what it is at this stage I am striving for, but it has to be better than where I have been.
As I continue my efforts, one foot placed in front of the other I feel the current pulling me back as if this is not where I should be but back in some place it thinks I should be.
At times, there are objects in the water, further making my attempts harder by the second. My back is bent, and I am determined to get to where I know I need to be.
Then I wake up.
I can feel my breathing is rapid, the exertion…
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Lots of Sun and Very Few Clouds
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 11
Finally, I have decided to continue the Exploration Challenge … The difference If you do not wish to publish personal details, you can change the visibility to Private Post, and keep it as a part of your personal library. The option has been added, only to include more people in the journey, who are weary … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 11
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Three Line Tales, Week 92
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A MILLIONS CRIES IN THE DARK
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Neel Anil Panicker
There they stood, lighted candles in their hands, alongside a million others of their ilk, all standing up for once and voicing their opinions, speaking out against what they thought and felt was wrong and went against the tenets of natural order and justice.
All night long they kept vigil, shouting themselves hoarse, alternatively pleaded, cajoled, harangued, insinuated, hurled invectives, threatened, begged…did everything that was in their command to try and convince the powers that be to step down from their high horses, to peep out of their ivory towers and cast a sympathetic eye towards the havoc their life threatening policies have wrecked.
Alas! It was not to be. Centuries of flapping around in the rarefied waters of omnipotent power had made them…
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Weekly Round up of #Week 10
Here is a round-up of last week, with a very BIG THANK YOU to all participants. You not only kept the weekly challenge going, but enriched my life with your perspectives, and a validation of some views that I hold. It was a journey, not a challenge, and the experience will remain with me. Last … Continue reading Weekly Round up of #Week 10
Anti Gravity
He who invented the law of gravity had not been blessed with the pull from the top. The apple was imbalanced with the weight of tyrannical branches and unthinking leaves. They swayed in obedience to the branch which in turn followed the wind. The trunk acknowledged the wisdom of the roots, but … Continue reading Anti Gravity
Adversity
CONVERSATION Hostage 1: There is an opening in the wall. Can we escape? Hostage 2: We need to cross the water stream first. Not sure if the forest outside is friendly. How do we get out of there? Hostage 3: Don’t be silly! See how hazy it looks. There is a translucent glass wall covering … Continue reading Adversity
Lighting Up
His work was applauded in the media, and he was nominated for an award. He was expected to shine in the ensuing Awards Night. Nobody knew he had created this set for the film, in the darkest hours of his life. Three Line Tales #Week 92
Mindsets
The doctor had advised him a change of place and weather. His son made the required resort bookings for his parents, and saw them off at the airport. After a few days, the son was surprised, “Dad, back early from the vacation?” “Yes. It was driving me further into depression.” “Why? Was the place not … Continue reading Mindsets
