Latent fire

Purification by fire is my personal alchemy- latent heat inside me   Rising after a fall in the eyes that matter- a few who look up to me   Fighting my self- but not the world a few unwashed stains block me   Not conceding defeat I’m neither helpless nor weak a few destinations-still beckon … Continue reading Latent fire

Heart struggles

ticking heartbeats define worthwhile moments of life hacking joy but fail to outlive allocated spans   all bodies which are birthed face a life sentence work and struggle to prolong the term till death tears them apart from the soul   Weekly Writing Prompt #157

Outlaw

She is born with this disturbing ability – of separating the fake from real, effortlessly. It creates discomfort in people around her. They try to frame her for wrongdoings, and make her feel guilty. She is often accused of taking a different path- the only path she has ever known. Is living for her own … Continue reading Outlaw

Heart break

fresh heart break oozing wounds but for how long? healing wounds remnants of scars but who cares? spasms of pain refreshed wounds Who mentioned your name? suppressed groans – mine untainted reputation – yours Silence adorns lips –forever? I gather moments entrenched in memories Now … Translation of a Hindi poem by Amit Agrawal (hecblogger) … Continue reading Heart break

Summer died that night

Summer died that night global warming submerged in frozen oceans overturned as humanity forgot to breathe a cold terror of anti-humans took over reins of the world.   unseeing eyes unfeeling skins hear sounds of disaster in their muted existence they belong to an extinct species which understood pain now anaesthetized by the numbness of … Continue reading Summer died that night

Fourth Dimension

Now attracts living heads lingers lazily becoming a bottleneck for Past to zoom into the Future, leaving milestones Earth rotates and revolves, toppling ambitions – “Do you know exactly where do you stand?”     Reena's Exploration Challenge #Week 52

Bottleneck

“I will not give my land. The price you offer is not enough to sustain me, and I don’t have any other means to earn a livelihood.” “Do you understand that this is for a mega-project, which will change the face of the countryside.  History will not forgive you for being a bottleneck in progress.” … Continue reading Bottleneck

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 52

I stopped in my tracks, on seeing this very intriguing picture. I’m sharing it will all of you as a prompt for this week. It raised a lot of metaphysical questions. I wonder if there could be a light-hearted response to this, such as As long as Later does not arrive….. And if Later is … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 52