Author: Reena Saxena

Is there an unbridgeable gap that divides friendships? Where is the crossover point where friendships divide and cannot be bridged? Are friendships forever no matter the circumstances that befall us?

The reality was that I knew my place in the pecking order. Derek was the clown, always in your face with his off color jokes trying so hard to make you laugh. Steve was the wise one always stating his opinion, continually expounding on the state of the world. Rick was the negative one, pointing out the inadequacies of everyone we met and dissing every person that ever lived. Which leaves me, the quiet one, the listener, the one who doesn’t like confrontation, the one who just nods his head in affirmation to the continual barrage of sound directed his way. The one who can be molded into…

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #107

PROMPT #107

cemented the gap

just in time

to prevent it

from becoming

unbridgeable

The favours that,

The generations long gone by,

And generation prior to ours,

Bestowed upon us,

Is magnanimous,

Is unimaginable,

It’s purely due to their sacrifice,

We are able to thrive,

They, who endured pain,

So that we lead a life of comfort,

Our parents, grandparents, and the generations long gone and forgotten,

I hope,

We would this for our kids and the generations to come,

And they remember us with pride,

And gratitude in their heart,

Oops,

I’m straying from my revered forefathers’s teaching,

That to work selflessly and expect nothing in return,

And here I am,

Excepting gratitude in return,

While my forefathers sacrificed effortlessly,

With a smile on their face, and happiness in their heart,

The path they laid,

How much ever I try to pay back,

Is unbridgeable,

I can only hope I could do a quarter of what they did,

To the generations that succeed…