Author: Reena Saxena

P.C :- RXC # 262

To the accompaniment of beats and drums,

dance and music,

They are carried to a place far away,

one last time on shoulders of gratitude.

Devoid of colours and life,

Death, a final engagement on this planet,

A special somebody to me, a nobody to everybody.

Pain, can’t be easily put on paper,

neither can be shared ,

days, months, years or a lifetime it takes.

Old sands of time give way to newness, undoubtedly,

But bouts of pain, hurt, loss too cloistered to be revealed,

Like pieces of puzzle waiting to be assembled they thrive around our being,

in abeyance.

Random dreams paint vivid caricatures,

In it I hold on to what never really was,

Evolving in dreams,

i gather strands of reality never lived,

Wondering whether, death a final dream

where pain obliterates on a different plane ?

A masterstroke.

139 words

Acknowledgements :-…

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #262

Challenge # 262

Dare to Dream Big

So many colors
are there
to paint your dreams
to your choice and taste
Move away
from your black-and-white dreams
Destiny and goals
might have been written
but the fun is in
trying
and
coloring
so
dare
to dream big

For my last poem of the week I’ve amalgamated 2 prompts from Moonwashed Weekly Prompts (New Dawnings) & Reena’s Xploration Challenge #262 (Random Dreams) titled Random Dawnings of New Dreams. Hope that ye enjoy the read! 🤞🙏😁📖

RANDOM DAWNINGS OF NEW DREAMS

A New Year brings with it
Promises of New Dawnings
Interspersed with
Drowsy yawnings
As it sleepily emerges
Into life
From last year’s slumber
With it’s random dreams
On our mind’s cinema screens
If we’re willing
To stop fawning
Over the year that is past
You’ll stop spawning
The same results
Eliminate the drama
And inner tumult
Time to tear asunder
Old habits
And break through the glass
Ceiling
Of your self-imposed limitations
Otherwise
New Dawnings
will become
Chasms yawning
Of could have beens.
Should’ve beens
Chances to change
Won’t keep falling
Into your lap
Time to tap
Into your potential
It’s enlightening
It’s exponential
It could…