The baby wrapped in a soft cloth falls with a thud on the floor. I expect the room to reverberate with loud cries, but there is a surprising silence. Is she fine? I hear a rustle of leaves and the inauspicious cawing of an invisible crow. An owl hoots in the distance. The window appeared … Continue reading Time warp
I entered into unknowing,
yet when I saw myself there,
without knowing where I was,
I understood great things;
I will not say what I felt
for I remained in unknowing
transcending all knowledge.— a story by Leonard in response to the Exploration Challenge
It’s 8:00 p.m. and minus 16 degrees. I make my rounds through all the known haunts trying to entice the wraiths into the warm. The homeless, ghosts of their former selves, clinging to their meagre coverings, shivering on top of subway grates, in doorways and on park benches. I give a cheery smile, with words of allurement. It’s nice and warm at the shelter. Wouldn’t you rather be warm till this cold spell breaks. Try it, just for the night. My words are met with a grunt and they turn their face from me. Just like God has.
I return to the shelter at 10:00 p.m. just before closing. I give my report to the Director, give a cheery wave to the occupants drinking their hot chocolate and start for home…
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The far side ... by Eugenia
Grey clouds gather on the sky to say all is not well on Valentine’s Day rays of lost dreams wink at me I see a giant with feet of clay. A hand to hold is not a tough wall it has faltering feet, and a place to fall my smallness made it look so big … Continue reading Feet of clay
Michael's prompt “The circle of an empty day is brutal and at night it tightens around your neck like a noose.” Elena Ferrante – “The Days of Abandonment”. Here's my shadorma emptiness overtakes me, when I fail to look within find hidden treasures embedded – the deepest self
Sigh! ...... by Deepa
Welcome back to yet another Exploration Challenge! I spent the last week in a cantonment area, with very low connectivity, and lot of time to spare. The result is a delay in posting the weekly challenge, and a lot of introspection and reflections. If I have missed reading, commenting on or including any of your … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #74
Reflections on time …. by athling2001
“Time,” he said, “really isn’t time.”
“You see, there is no such thing as time. Time is a notion that man, in all his infinite wisdom, invented to keep track of his world…
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A poem by Jen Goldie …
A Cinquain : (2,4,6,8,2) Theme “one minute” for Reena’s Exploration Challenge #73_Prompt
©J.E.Goldie 2/14/2019
One minute ..... by Helene Vaillant
