I came, I saw, I thought I conquered life decided to go another way winds of change swept everything away goodwill I had - mercilessly squandered I ‘m honourable enough not to sway but- expressed intent stands dishonoured I came, I saw, I thought I conquered life decided to go another way Moments of realization … Continue reading I thought I conquered
A take on New Year’s Resolutions … by Indira
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #67
Welcome to the drift, as we sail into a new capsule of time!
This will be the last Challenge in 2018. The next one will appear in the first week of January 2019.
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Goodbye 2018
A dilemma life may force on us at some stage ….. a story by Michael.
The old man wrestled for days with the notion of a bridge in time.
Was he fooling himself it might be better on the other side?
After all, he had lived a long time, seen a lot of stuff,
His children were grown and living their own lives
Would they miss him?
More importantly, he reasoned he would miss them.
Time he knew marched on whether or not you wanted it too.
Each year the number beside his name grew larger
He wasn’t the once fit and able man he was in his youth
He moved slower and yet time sped up.
He thought about where it was he sat
Did he want to move forward?
Was keeping abreast of things in a rapidly changing world
Where technology had long left him behind
A world where he thought he might be welcomed
He’d given up long ago understanding what it…
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It was a painful moment of my life to erect this memorial. I lost the person who mattered most to me. The loneliness in the island often makes me think how John would have taken it, if I had died earlier… A century later, I laugh amidst the waves crashing against the shore. John is … Continue reading A century later ….
Welcome to the drift, as we sail into a new capsule of time! This will be the last Challenge in 2018. The next one will appear in the first week of January, 2019. PROMPT FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS There is no restriction on the format or the length of the piece. It just has … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #67
stung by prickly thorns floating shadows color me I have lost count of dark stories passing through, those which lie in opaque depths well concealed by reflections Thursday Photo Prompt
I wake up in the morning, only to stay aligned to the world. The light does not matter, when moods are dark, and there is always electricity to illuminate your path. Alignment is more a pre-condition to survival, rather than a need of my deepest self. It does not feel connected to the world. I … Continue reading I wake up in the morning
The bird flew away today, and I saw the wistfulness in Kitty’s eyes – it was not hunger, or the disappointment of a missed prey. She was known as Universal Mom at the farm. Other than her own children, she had mothered a sparrow and a puppy, and both would not leave their cat mother. … Continue reading Repayment
I still have those red caps somewhere claustrophobic in a dark shelf ruing loss of innocence and trying to decipher burdens in different shapes the owner carries now. I still have a picture of the tree lying in a junk drawer envious of its glam successors it knows that theworld is digital now sepia … Continue reading Vintage
