Elizabeth Gilbert famously spoke out battling two horses every morning - Fate, which cannot be controlled Free Will, which can be steered in the right direction Choosing the second horse is a no-brainer, since we have no control on the first. And maybe, the second can manipulate the first. But life shows us different scenarios, … Continue reading What lies around the corner?
In Between
“In between”….. by Len
She died in her sleep, two months following their 70th wedding anniversary, and was buried four days later.
He spent the funeral in a dream. Dreams of their wedding day, a life well lived, the last day they spent together reading quietly in their favorite chairs. He could not let her go and requested a closed casket funeral, refusing to look on her lifeless body.
He arrived from the funeral entering a house haunted by her presence.
” Shall I put the kettle on” the voice came from the kitchen. He rushed eagerly forward but she wasn’t there. Her voice is still in my head, he thought as he reached for the kettle, filled it with water and placed it on the stove. Reminders of her permeated the house. Her clothes in the closet…
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Hesitant to love you #poetry #writephoto
Hesitant to love you ….. by Jude
I’m nervous for this week and I can’t understand why.
I feel something impending and I just can’t shake that feeling.
But for now I’ll keep writing each night, and try to alleviate this trepidation.
Does your sixth sense go haywire too?
Anyway, the ponderous thought from this week’s Saturday Symphony inspired me to write this,
Hesitant to love you
The love withheld
Is the one we want the most
Desire leaks from your supple lips
As they moisten my cheek with a kiss veiled in innocence
Your fingers graze my arm as you turn to leave
Your need raking lust through my nerves
You know I want you
But you want me to love you
Alas, I do not remember how
My broken heart carries only a phantom love
A shade of the dreams you see in me
My mind is willing
But my soul beseeches reprieve
Yearns for…
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Alike
Alike ….. by Aishwarya
From his cosy corner,
Unknown to any,
Prying, waiting for an opportune catch,
Conjuring a menacing guffaw,
At each tremble,
At each conquest,
Immobilising instantly,
Time less to realise,
Time less to retaliate,
Those overpowered,
Recounting tales of apprehension,
Recounting tales of losing comprehension,
Shades of courage fails,
When shades of confusion flourishes,
Spirit of strength,
Making an unheard appeal,
Not to lose heart,
Not to succumb.
Heard but unseen,
Known but unacknowledged,
Casting its net,
In minds of many,
Alike,
In bright light,
As much as in,
In silhouette of darkness,
Lurks phantom of fear.
96 words.
Acknowledgements :- Thank you Reena Saxena for running the Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 148. From the four words given, namely, silhouette, phantom, shade, spirit, any one of them or all can be used to weave a piece. Additionally a poem, She was a phantom of delight, by William Wordsworth can also be…
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Love Letter (A rewrite)
“Never did I ever receive a love letter in a scented paper in a heart-shaped
envelope from you, but ours could top the greatest love story ever“
your handwriting may not at all be easy to read
but you write with great measures and surprises instead
always, almost a perfect Hallmark Valentine’s card
not copy-pasted all original; sweet and endearing indeed
a forgotten expression,
a forgotten love?
you spent hours thinking, and writing over again just to say
that your first kiss was so blissful it makes you fall and stay
that the thought of it makes your legs felt like jelly at stray
such as love’s effect on you, so true but cliche
a forgotten expression,
a forgotten love?
oh, how time flies by so fast, your pens and papers are no longer at stake
no drafts, no rewrites, no humiliations for heaven’s sake
for now, you can…
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Design Thinking
do you remember those design thinking classes notes changed many times -till we reached destinations finally, we found ourselves https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2020/08/17/what-do-you-see-43-17-august-2020/
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #148
Indira’s take on Exploration Challenge #148
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #148
I am inspired by the following words and offer the same as a writing prompt for this week.
- Silhouette
- Shade
- Phantom
- Spirit
Phantoms
insomniac mind
plays a trick
you hear
someone
crooning a lullaby
nothing but
a phantom wind rustling
the curtains
even that you try to cling on
phantoms are better
than nothing
Silhouetted?
depends
on which side you are
Shade
always black and white
life for me, no shades of gray
missed fun undoubtedly
Spirit
mind, body or spirit
a unique creation or
just, a fusion of cells
Parental Passages
Parental Passages ….. by VJ Knutson
Carefully we construct
security for offspring –
add luxuries to entertain
accommodate growth
play host to revolving-
door friends and dates.
And yet, we are graded
on performance – met
or unmet expectations –
held up against a stack
of other super parents,
silhouettes of perfection.
Still, we celebrate goals,
sprouting family, ignore
the slanders, and ease
into age with a tad of kook,
or wild inappropriateness –
all expressions of our love.
(First edition of this poem appeared Feb/’18. Image from personal collection. Submitted for Reena’s Exploration challenge, choosing the prompt: silhouette.)
Faerie time
Faerie-time ….. by Punam
shivering moon’s shadow pales
in the silhouetted hoary vales
the stars silently dim their light
the drowsy flowers unaware of the blight
in the fog dreams quietly fade
as a fey spirit hides in the shade
the woods inhabited by a phantom shape
a fae, maybe! who knows who is behind that verdant drape.
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Space
I love I mull over it I promote I fight I share I write But fail to overcome…. They change shapes colour rewrite stories till they blur wait for attention disappear But not for long …. Oh, these thoughts that jostle for space… https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2020/08/15/weekend-writing-prompt-170-jostle/
