Author: Reena Saxena

I recently happened upon an intriguing prompt from Reena Saxena. Below the prompt is an image of a sealed envelope and the text, “Let’s see how you choose to open and decode this message.” The response can be in any format.

So, let’s find out what’s inside…

Hidden in the Everyday

Unexpected, unexplained

At my doorstep, pouring rain

As I hold it, rack my brain

But the effort’s all in vain

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My mind’s a kettle, building pressure

Curiosity gets the better

As I unseal this wax-stamped letter

Hidden message escapes, unfettered

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Into eagerly awaiting hands

Eyebrows leap, bewilderment expands

For this letter tells of far-off lands

In the heads of strangers, and of friends

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Innumerable worlds, tucked away

Inside people you’ve passed by today

Unknowingly filling gaps your way

While universes spread before you, unsurveyed

Sealed away words, guards the secret,
Curiosity stirs, anticipation grows,
Unbroken seal, mystery awaits,
Unlock the envelope, let the secrets unfurl,
Let the Pandora’s box of tales, capture the world.

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Joining Reena’s Xploration Challenge #281

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I’m curious; what’s in this envelope

My inquisitiveness is pushing me to take a peek

The prudence wants to step back and let it be

Life is like a sealed envelope for us in the beginning

Revealing its secrets to us gradually, one at a time

But sometimes the envelope remains sealed till the very end

And it’s only when we are done with most of our living

That the secret of what life is all about is unveiled to us

A sealed envelope though tempting/ inviting us to open

Can very be like Pandora’s box, that, once opened

Spills out things that we wished were still hidden!

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In response to; RXC- Prompt #281, hosted by Reena

#Keepitalive

#RXC

Inspired by Reena’s Xploration Challenge #281 &
Moonwashed Weekly Prompt #144 Good-natured

inviting secret
good-natured or sinister
what is the message

Let’s see how you choose to open and decode this message 🙂

Not that long ago and not in a galaxy far, far away, people here on Earth actually wrote letters to each other, so they could communicate over long distance.  This happened after writing was developed, but before the telegraph, or the telephone, or email was a thing.  Writing letters was how people stayed in touch.  People had to wait for weeks or even months for a letter to get from one part of the world to another.  If the letter was sent general delivery, then the post office would hold the mail until the recipient called for it.  In order to preserve the confidentiality of documents and confirm that they had been indeed written by the sender, letters were sealed with wax and stamped, which began in the Middle Ages.  At first, these sealed and stamped letters were the exclusive purview of monarchs, bishops, and royal courts for use in…

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Only to be opened on the event of my death.

Family, friends, the maid and a little dog called Molly, sat in the chairs. The solicitor opened up the sealed envelope, and faced the family with a smile. He was the only one privy to the information, having been there when the will was made.

So, where to the mansion, million pounds and his chain of superstores go? The solicitor tapped his pen on the desk, and read the words on the page. ‘To my family, I leave the gift of a smile. For that is all they are going to get. To the maid, as long as she looks after my dog, I give my entire fortune.’

One by one, they left the room.

The maid, still holding the dog, gave a shiver. She wasn’t sure what she was going to do with her new fortune…