Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 55

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Michael releases ‘weight on the shoulders’.

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On a Sunday afternoon, she expected to be able to sit and ruminate about the past week and plan a few activities for the coming week.

But when the phone rang and she heard her brother in tears begging for help every plan went out the window.

There was clearly a crisis, and as had happened so often in the past she was the one the family went to, the one who held everything together.

There was no time for reflection on the matter the brother had called for help there was no doubt he was in a desperate way, and she needed to get to him as quickly as possible.

So, dropping everything and quickly explaining to her husband, she was out the door, into her car and off to his assistance.

The drive took forty minutes, she wasn’t sure afterwards how many speed limits she broke as her…

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Claustrophobic

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lost childhood trained to perfection claustrophobic in tents with holes   looks wistfully at the pampered child in the first row badgering his parents for some more popcorn   while the artist earns bread for the family left behind in a remote village   Come to the Circus at Poetics in dVerse

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 55

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Welcome to another week of the Exploration Challenge! Metaphors are so strongly woven in our language, that we start reimagining things – maybe which are not likely to happen. Like, I am at boiling point Isomorphism (the pattern which connects two different types of things) helps people construct these sentences, and describe their internal state. … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 55

Certain things don’t change

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“Photography brings out the intricacies as well the concealed ugliness of objects. The colors are garish and the artificiality becomes glaring.” “You have Photoshop and Instagram filters for correction.” Francis could not have been more disinterested in the verbalization of my thought process. “The filters have long disappeared. I see stark reality in its true … Continue reading Certain things don’t change

No pain is greater

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It feels good to wake up early. The hardness of the ground beneath my back is not comfortable. It’s not exactly a rocky patch, but not very soft or warm either. I might as well go out for a walk and see the sunrise. I am sure it colors the sky in the same way … Continue reading No pain is greater

The Best Couple

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She is creative, while he has a good head for finance and tech. She is an introvert, while he brightens up the social aspects of life. They complement each other perfectly, with their different temperaments. “I have a strong hunch that we are going to win the Best Couple award in the next club meet.” … Continue reading The Best Couple

Mindsets

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Television sets placed outside the house in this village is an intriguing sight. I learn that it is not about social interaction, though people gather around the TV to watch daily soaps. The locals believe that the characters in those dramas live inside, and can inflict harm on the family.   Three Line Tales

Foreboding

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silence hanging heavy mutual exchange of conspiratorial glances unusual politeness on my face while mails and messages go unanswered I know I’ll wake up tomorrow with a knife in my back as a rank newcomer takes charge of my office misplaced loyalty injured pride oozing wounds indelible marks etched by tyranny of a psychopath   … Continue reading Foreboding