Reena’s Exploration Challenge #122

Reena's Exploration Challenge #122 Time flies. We are already in the seventh week of 2020. I've been spending time with houseguests, battling network failures after 9 pm, working weekeneds, travelling and taking compulsive blogging breaks. Welcome to the roller coaster ride with me! I find my creativity getting dimmed at times, but the desire to … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #122

I am no Atlas

I am no Atlas to carry the world on aching shoulders with bleeding legs   your insanity weighs heavy and I wonder for how long…   How long will I mimic Atlas why don’t I shed the weight and breathe free? https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2020/02/13/tale-weaver-262-carry-february-13th/

Machiavelli

“We’ve been in power for so long …. this electoral defeat is going to put us totally out of control.” “You mentioned working as a responsible opposition leader in your interview yesterday.” Even in my distressed state, the smirk on Anand’s face did not escape my attention. The sarcasm hurt, but he was the only … Continue reading Machiavelli

Beginning

“This is where I started my career”, proclaimed the famous portrait artist. “In an antique truck?” There were gasps in the elite audience. “No. This was the first painting I made - an enhanced version of the toy truck I owned.” https://only100words.xyz/2020/02/13/three-line-tales-week-211/

The Last Book

The “Last Book on Planet Earth” was a huge tourist attraction in the museum. Everybody in the crowd could not get a glimpse of it, so images were flashed on huge screens.  Fluttering pages made people sit up and notice. It generated a strange sensation in them. Some even said that a peculiar smell emanated … Continue reading The Last Book

Twisted shapes

It feels nice to be back home after three decades. Other countries help us earn more, but one remains emotionally starved of connections, of companionship. I plan a meet for my old friends who are still there. It is hard work, but I’ll make it worthwhile. I still feel starved, even wonder if the connections … Continue reading Twisted shapes

Reciprocity

expansive colors of dawnspread hope, positivitycolor defines boundaries for menot shape or capability subdued, subservientconditioned thoroughlyacceptance of fateprevents treacherous folly I hear animals somewherescream revenge - by draining venomin bodies of torturersIt’s called a virusI am a humanBut why so helpless? Power is assumedby those who believethey own the worldand need not shareself-proclaimedsuperiority I look … Continue reading Reciprocity