They revel in their own trip; obsessions galorehold emptiness together, splitting sanitytorturous interactions, others break apartfacing hallucinations - therapy struggles Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge no 49- Mental Health
Hallucinations – Imayo
Trips of Scions
Marijuana, a mask of smoke,but the scions wander deepertheir arteries lit with excess,their laughter a mockeryof their existence.Goals never setthey are on undefined trips-a carnival of waste,where silence remembers what they forget-the emptiness beneath indulgence. Quadrille #240
Unholy Acts
The bank executive thought his clever manipulation of financial reports would stay hidden. He also believed that his false disclosures would stay in the shadows of spreadsheets. For months, he shifted numbers like a magician, conjuring profits out of thin air and quietly sold the company shares he held before the scandal brought about a … Continue reading Unholy Acts
Flickers of a Conscience – Glosa
The chosen poem is from a book "All We Have" by Sarabjeet Garcha. THE CABREZA From where should we look to taste the whole truth?Every move is yet another enterprise in futilityLike stones sunk in rivers we wait to become lightLike flickers dreamt by someone not on earth or even outside All We Have … … Continue reading Flickers of a Conscience – Glosa
Unheard, not Silent
I have used a 2,5,6 - 2,5,6 pattern. Let us call it Ascent, in the absence of a better term. Silenceis not agreementleast of all compliance I speakto be heard, if notunderstood by aliens let usleave an impressionfree to fade or erase Tanka Tuesday Poetry Challenge
War and Peace
white flags waved on dark horizonsdeclare victory - PeaceNo war emblems of pain inscribed on heartstell a different taleAll lost W3 Prompt #195
Funeral Planning
It took a lifetime to build a coffin and inscribe a language on it. I’m not sure if the future will be able to decipher it. But this is my version of my personal history as I'd like others to see it. Others are free to add their own versions. I will have no control … Continue reading Funeral Planning
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #414
Welcome back! PROMPT #414 Thanks to Dan Koe for sharing this insight with me today. The key insight of postmodernism is aperspectivalism, or that no perspective is privileged. All views are situated, partial, and contextual. I generated two images to visualize the term aperspectivalism. Well, if this sounds too confusing, it probably is. The idea is not … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #414
Tales that tell, stories that sell
My footsteps have created a pattern I don’t recognize. The world around me has organised my random movements in a way they like. It feels like I kept talking incessantly, but no one was really listening. The background score they added to the video of my life doesn't make sense to me. machine languagesturn scarcity … Continue reading Tales that tell, stories that sell
The Senses
He craved Drums of Heaven, the crisp glaze haunting his thoughts, stirring a deep sense of longing. On his honeymoon, he changed the itinerary to savour this spicy delicacy. Little did they know that life and love would end in an accident, and that they would literally hear the drumbeats of flavour in Heaven. Weekend … Continue reading The Senses
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