Author: Reena Saxena

सोलह सिंगार करके जब तू आती है

सबसे ज्यादा तेरी बिंदी मुझे भाती है

मेरे हाथों में होता है जब चेहरा तेरा

सूरज की सी लालिमा उभर आती है

छा जाती है मन में हरियाली सी

अपने कान में पन्ना जब लटकाती है

हैं कितनी सारी सम्भावनाएँ तुझमें

मेरे लिए तू अपना रूप सजाती है

है नारी तू कोई खिलौना नहीं है

फिर क्यों तू हर बार छली जाती है

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 196

Are you the odd one out or one in a million?

It all depends on how you see yourself.

Perspective is the most important thing to have in life!!

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #196

Am I a lone wolf amongst confused souls?

Or,

Am I a black sheep amongst saints?

Am I what Sun is to Earth?

Or,

Am I one amongst the countless stars?

My face lacks identity,

My name has no meaning,

My familiarity doesn’t come from within,

I am just a worker bee,

I am just a misfit piece of a big puzzle,

I am just a common man,

Nothing fancy,

I am just a worker bee,

I am just a misfit piece of a big puzzle,

I am just a common man,

Prone to confusion,

Prone to self-doubt,

Prone to mistakes,

Nothing fancy,

I am just a worker bee,

I am just a misfit piece of a big puzzle,

I am just a common man.

125 words.

Acknowledgements :- Thank you Reena Saxena for hosting Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 196 ( Picture prompt above) and…

There are several methods that can be used to solve a Rubik’s cube, but the exact sequence of instructions for solving this 3-D puzzle can be perplexing even to the experts, depending on how the cube is scrambled up at the time you try to solve it.  A Rubik’s cube has approximately 43 quintillion possible permutations, so if you just try to just rotate the faces randomly, it may never get solved.  This rotatable mechanical cube is a three-dimensional solid object that has 6 faces, 12 edges, and 8 vertices, which are the corners.  The 6 faces means that there will be 6 different colors and the edges are where the different colors will meet.  If you look at a corner on the cube, you will see three different colors which are known as layers and no matter which way you hold the cube you will always see three layers.  Each…

You twist the cube,
try for one bright hue to fill your eyes, 
fumbling to build a blue wall 

that shines 
like a clean childhood sky, 

but the fingers fail and the cube bleeds, 
refusing to comply, its fuming patches 
bragging bitter truth,
describing the sickness that grins 
between the seams.
You drop the cube,
close your eyes 
and dream.

©Jane Paterson Basil

Written for Reena‘s Xploration challenge #196. Sorry, Reena, my WP editor has a glitch: hard as I try, I can’t get it to highlight the whole name of your post when creating a pingback.

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You are the bright one

The star that shines

Your parents’ chosen

When everything is done

Others blend, always trying

You’re the one always defying

The dark surround

The quiet mind

You’ll never be

The silent find.

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