I’m curious to know what the island thinks. Does it feel complete in itself, or longs for connection? Is it the lack of connectedness that lends to a feeling of being self-sufficient? Ignorance is bliss. What happens when external influence reaches its shore? a desire to move driven by attraction of external appeal I want … Continue reading Island
Inanimate Whispers ... by Jude Itakali
it's so easy to sign up for somethingsomeone's teaching tribal art, andI think I'm creative-understandingart formstakes morethan wielding penschoosing from ink and paint-the artist explains the backgroundin a language I barely understandbut the vibrancy of chosen colorstakes me to nature inspiringher imaginationworlds she lives innot sameas mineYes, I'll take timeto attain perfectiondecipher lines, motifs, colorsto … Continue reading From shoddiness to understanding
Time complains as I browse through books of life find pages populated by memories, karma voices and remnants imperceptible imprints disappointment, guilt gnawing away silently at potential Can you make space by deleting files to write the future, give meaning to existence? Time complains… https://dversepoets.com/2022/05/30/quadrille-153-out-of-the-meadows-browse/
Yes. Nature does respond. We understand the language of mobile animals more than trees, hence, trees are underrated.
Indira’s take on RXC /232
Some of you may die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.
MISSION
“Some of you may die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make in the name of almighty God, for a great cause.
”Words reverberated in the big underground room full of unhealthy-looking guys.
Their eyes as if under the influence of drugs, showed no emotions, almost vacant eyes.
Their mentor with well-oiled mane peeping out from the headgear, well-groomed beard, rosy fully nourished skin and checks, eyes full of greed, lust and arrogance, and protruding belly, was looking fully content with life.
He barked again-
“You are the chosen ones by the great almighty to spread his message in this world. You are to eliminate those impudent non-believers of our faith by sacrificing yourself. I understand you have no regret in selecting this path. Your families will be fully compensated. I hope…
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Insomnia … by Chris Hall
In the dark hours
the black pit opens
yawning jaws
have intent grim.
Demons lurk
fingers flexing
yellow-bellied monsters
offer their embrace.
Regrets from the past
fears for the future
groping for every
undefined concern.
Breathe deeply
breathe again
for all will be fine
come the dawn.
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Image credit:Muhammed Hassan @ Unsplash
The image shows a woman whose face has black streaks of mascara on her cheeks. She wears a sad expression and has her hands placed on her head.
Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See #136 photo prompt
The prompt line I chose Not trying to brag or anything, but I can wake up without an alarm clock now simply due to my crippling and overwhelming anxiety, so… My take subconscious thoughts conquer with unseen tentaclesI'm on a leash, can't break away from dark shacklesI change the technique, I change my spectaclesdarkness turns … Continue reading Anxiety
Don’t miss this exquisite poem by Radhika …
Toxicity of relationships stifle me
tremors of raucous feelings erupt into an avalanche,
rustle the pages of thoughts,
scraping buried memories.
Torrents of unsaid words
trapped within the fortress of my heart flow.
Deluge of tears ink the blank paper
with whorls of pain.
Emotions that asphyxiated within
today,
taste freedom after a long battle of holding on!
black linescircumventingdreams in color, now flowunevenly down rosy cheeks-Sorrowalters boundaries of visiona dark line moves where hopepainted pictureson life https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/05/30/what-do-you-see-136-may-30-2022/
