Author: Reena Saxena

The driver was completing his orbit, the length of the rotation diminishing with each circuit, soon he would be within the gravitational pull of the black hole. I had to do something. I flexed my hands and shoulders, relaxed my body and sat upright in the seat. Closing my eyes, I focused my mind, concentrating on the image of the driver. When I was sure I had a clear picture I opened a portal in my mind, and sent an energetically charged message through to him. Change course, change course, change course. I repeated this message for the next ten minutes, it did not seem to be getting through and my psychic powers were weakening. Frantically I recharged…

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #81

prompt

amidst

all the beauty

nature has given us

there are

crushing struggles

worries

anxieties

cruelty

discrimination

inequality

our fight

for our share of light

is never ending

we may lose

or win

but fighting is in our blood

our body and mind

never stops fighting

till the end

who says

we

grow accustomed to the darkness

Image: Credit: NASA, BBC News

PROMPT

I am not a fatalist. I’m not obsessed with darkness. Yet, a landmark development in astronomy this week inspires me to remain on the periphery of the theme, but not get sucked inside.

See if you can explore the science, give it a new twist, write a fairy tale or fables around it, or give it a totally new meaning. Black holes do not exist only in space. Many of us have those in our minds, when we cut ourselves off from the world.

The release of a photo purporting to be that of a black hole hit the headlines and caused Cyril Rum, an Angel on Sabbatical, to sit up and take notice.

Cyril being an Angel had been around a long time, and the theory of black holes in the universe had always fascinated him.

Then again, most things fascinated Cyril which…

NaPoWriMo Challenge 2019 – Day 11

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #82 – Black Hole 

PROMPT:

See if you can explore the science, give it a new twist, write a fairy tale or fables around it, or give it a totally new meaning.

April Writing Prompt #2 – April’s Theme: Death – Ashes and Dust

The Haunted Wordsmith Elemental Writing Challenge April 11, 2019

For this challenge, we will explore one of the four elements: air, earth, water, fire.  This week’s focus is Fire.  Simply use the word and/or image provided and be inspired by the natural element.

Today’s prompt and image: smoking:

This fire that burns around

the black hole of my soul

incinerates the aches and pains of

a family love I never came to know

turning them into the death of ashes and dust

to be left in the abyss of space and time

never to return to me…