Author: Reena Saxena

कोई उम्मीद नहीं उनसे मिलने की
कैसे लिखूँ मैं कोई अब ग़ज़ल नई

वही तन्हाई, वही दर्द, है हिज़्र वही
क्या जज़्बात करे बयां ग़ज़ल नई

इज़हार-ए-इश्क़ करना हुआ मुहाल
न जाने क्या गज़ब ढाए ग़ज़ल नई

उम्र बीती बिना विसाल-ए-यार हुए
सूनी कलम क्या कहे ग़ज़ल नई

तेरी हर अदा खुद है शायरी अमित
क्या खता मेरी जो कहूँ ग़ज़ल नई

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge #131

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #130

PROMPT #130

In this week, write a piece which includes any one or more of the following phrases

Once upon a lifestyle

Once upon a lifetime

Once in a lifetime

At least once in a lifetime

if not more like me

you get a kick from God

and realize

the value of

life

love

health

exercise

relationship

friendship

love

money

diet

sunlight

rest

self-confidence

and the

time and space

you get

or give

to others

The bleedin’ silly cow, wot’s she wearin’ that for, I says to me self, as I watched some fancy bird casually ‘andling the fruit on the barrow. She was wearin’ some fancy necklace that would ‘ave kept some family in dosh for a lifetime. She weren’t long for this world.

There they were, right on cue, Bert and Jeb, five yards to the side of the fancy lady, eyein’ the necklace and scheming ‘ow they could get their ‘ands on it. Serves ‘er bleedin’ well right, toffs ain’t got no sense of self preservation. But me good ‘art takes over and I walks up to the lady and whisper ” There’s a lot of low…