Author: Reena Saxena

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Colors of nations
wiped out by the pandemic
countries mask themselves
flights languishing on the grounds
world captive within borders.

A tanka follows the syllable count of 5/7/5/7/7

Reena exploration challenge #143

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My pre-school going son was crying to go to our native place as its summer holidays for him. We had dropped the idea this year keeping the current pandemic outbreak. We are in Noida on an official transfer leaving behind our native place near Bangalore.

My wife tried most of the ways to comfort him by giving his favourite foods, playing his favourite game, trying to be himself and playing with him. But nothing was encouraging to keep him calm. It was reluctant and want his longing to be fulfilled.

I was a listener from the corner of the sofa working on my laptop. He became too loud and uncontrollable. She glanced at me and went to the drawing-room and got a drawing sheet. She traced the world map and began to colour. His eyes filled with joy but he was attached to his…

Like the avians,

Who roam freely,

Any perch, their home,

Like the flora,

Happily blanketing,

Any barren patch, with grace,

Like the aqua life,

Thriving majestically,

Any water body, their home,

What would it be,

Without boundaries,

Without yours,

Without mine,

Without separation,

Without demarcation,

Maps, globes, atlases,

Depicting,

A collective identity,

A collective responsibility,

Travelling as a,

Citizen of the world,

Across places,

One planet, one home,

Man beyond boundaries.

71 words.

Acknowledgements :- Thank you Reena Saxena for running the challenge at Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 143. For rules please refer here. Thank you all for stopping by and reading.

I know it too well

That promised journey

Flitting like a carefree butterfly

Across the expanse of globe

In this treacherous, grey and bleak scenario

To finally unite with you

Is not just improbable

But impossible too!

Yet who can understand

The ways of the gullible heart

The idiot plants an idea in the overzealous mind

That keeps checking the distance

On rainbow coloured maps!

Reena’s Exploration Challenge 143

Reena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge  She says:

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My dearest K and M,

I am sending you birthday wishes with all my heart. I know you don’t want to travel right now but imagine when life changes and you are free to go wherever you want to. Imagine packing your bags and taking an adventure of a lifetime.

Where might you travel to? Would it be to an island with white sand beaches? Would it be to a tropical rain forest to explore the mysteries of the world? Would it be to the north or south pole to commune with the creatures that dwell…