Author: Reena Saxena

For this week’s Reena’s Xploration Challenge, Reena’s given us the following phrase as a prompt for our creative inspiration: “in that one moment”.

And for this week’s d’Verse Poetics Prompt, Ingrid has invited us to open up those hidden; unrecognised gifts in our lives and write a poem on the subject of Hidden Gifts. Hope ye enjoy the read! 🙏🤞😁📖 Below lies my contribution to the prompts: 👇👇👇

UNFORGETTABLE MOMENT; GIFT OF NEW LIFE

Pacing up and down the hospital corridor, I waited nervously for the doctor to call me in to the theatre.
My wife was about to give birth but the doctors had to prepare her for her cesarean section.
After what seemed like an age, a doctor finally came out and beckoned me in.
A screen had been erected between me and the section to allow for some dignity for my wife but…

Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/02/09/reenas-xploration-challenge-267/ In That Moment.

In that moment, the day both my children were born, I found out what true love actually meant. My first child, 9lb 1, and let’s just say it hurt a bit. Although all that went away when my daughter was handed to me. We already knew the name, it was always going to be Elizabeth, yet she is more of a Lizzie now. When my son was born (9lb 10) I made sure I had all the pain relief on offer. It was much easier, and again, when he was handed to me, all the pain just melted away.

I never worried about my children, looking after them I mean. They were sturdy, not fragile in the least. I could look after them, without over thinking my role as a mum. Both adults now, I find it hard that my daughter will be thirty-two…

Inspired by Moonwashed Weekly Prompt #129 – Lovingly & Reena’s Exploration Challenge #267 – in that one moment

in that one moment
adoring me lovingly
didn’t know it would end

We were good, we were gold
Kinda dream that can’t be sold
We were right ’til we weren’t
Built a home and watched it burn

Mm, I didn’t wanna leave you
I didn’t wanna lie
Started to cry but then remembered I

I can buy myself flowers
Write my name in the sand
Talk to myself for hours
Say things you don’t understand
I can take myself dancing
And I can hold my own hand
Yeah, I can love me better than you can

Can love me better
I can love me better, baby
Can love me better
I can love me better, baby

Paint my nails, cherry red
Match the roses that you left
No…

I realized in that one moment my life would never be the same again.  My right testicle felt sore, and it was swollen, so my wife said that I should go to the doctor to have it checked out.  I called my doctor’s office and the receptionist said that they could get me an appointment in two days.  My pain got worse and so did the swelling and I was in real agony when I showed up for my appointment.  My doctor asked me what the problem was and then she had me undress.  She examined me and she said that she had never seen anything like this before.  She asked me if it was ok for her to call in another doctor to have a look at me and I told her that she could do anything that she wanted as long as she could make this pain go…

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #266

Mute Spectator


I thought 
Time is the pilot
To lead me in journey of my life
It would teach me the skills
To forget the pain
To face the storms 
To keep balance in all difficult situations
But in the end
I found
Time is
Just a mute spectator
Of your arrival
Your journey
And your departure
It neither stops you
Nor forces you
You learn by yourself 
The art of living 
 It does not fly by
It just stands still
Allowing you
To be the pilot of your life
Learn to keep the balance
To sail through storms
Learn by own mistakes 
Be responsible for your decisions
And bear 
The consequences