Author: Reena Saxena

Image: Anastasia Elias

The mother is pleased to be turning out the light.

It’s been a long day.

Baby is demanding, for reasons unknown he cries, refuses to eat, is irritable, she hopes he will sleep tonight.

It hasn’t helped that she is doing this all alone,

He husband left her a week ago

Walked out, found a younger more agreeable woman,

A woman who expects so little, so soon,

Ideal for a husband who wanted to live a single man in a family situation.

She bears the burden of being the mother and the stigma of bitch of a wife.

That’s what she hears he is saying around town, painting her as the evil one, giving reason for justifying his decision to leave the marriage and look elsewhere.

She stands outside the bedroom, hoping her baby will settle and fall off to sleep.

There are too many nights of…

in this cup of life I find
you and your brother
God has been too kind
in this cup of life I find
I forget all the toil and grind
when I hear your laughter
in this cup of life I find
you and your brother

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 101

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Where is my teddy?

Midnight and the sound of baby crying

Mom turns on the light trying to open her eyes, glued together by sleep.

Daddy is sleepingpeacefully, not a stir from that side of the bed.

She goes to her room and is greeted by hiccups and heartbreakingsobs.

What is it my darling, why so many tears, mommy has tears in her voice too.

Where is my teddy? she sobs out.

A smile flits across moms face.

She bends down and picks up the teddy bear from the floor near the crib.

Here you go my darling. The teddy must have fallen while you were sleeping.

The baby settles down and mom returns to her bed, in an attempt to get few more moments of sleep.

In a little

          Image Credit: Anastasia Elias

My Haikus

It was not crying
You were not in need or pain
Playing in the dark

Written In Response To:

Word Of The Day Challenge – Zone

Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 101 – Moving on to this week, here’s an image prompt….

As a grown man looks into the conical zone

of his mind’s memories captured with silhouetted shadows

filled with the pain of his early childhood traumas

he remembers a frozen moment in time as a young boy

seeking purpose and waiting for an answer, he 

stood still holding the lamp switch and it was then

that he heard from two angels appearing as airplanes

and they began to speak this message to him 

that would forever change his life:

“In order for you to fly My son, you must turn on the light

to chase away the dark shadows of your past, and move forward 

into the plan and promises I have waiting for you.” 

 

The boy then, although fearful turned on the…

Anastassia Elias

Inspired by Reena’s Exploration Challenge #101

Oh, little one, you’re
awake! Did the sun kiss your
head and say hello?