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The 1937 novel by Azerbaijani author Kurban Said titled “Ali and Nino” is a tragic love story between Ali who is a Muslim nobleman from Azerbaijani and a Christian princess named Nino from Baku on the Caspian Sea.  This is a very complicated affair in an era of inter-religion tensions that take place during the years 1918–1920 when the First World War and the Russian Revolution were going on.  It has been hailed as one of the most romantic epic novels of all time.  The two had to fight, hide and escape from country to country to hide their love, until they arrive in Azerbaijan as a symbol of peace.  They are torn apart by the turmoil in this grand love story, and Ali joins the defense of Azerbaijan from the onslaught of the Red Army, and Nino flees to the safety of Paris with their child, not knowing whether they will ever see…

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #265

Prompt # 265

It is a line prompt this week. Let’s see where it takes you.

‘You live in a world where no Gods exist.‘

GODS

As long as

humankind

gets rid of the desire

to rule others

I

can’t

imagine

a world

without

Gods

and

Demi-Gods

and

Local Gods

and

…

Well

as many you can

create

or imagine

I live in a world of gods but they are silent
A lifetime of worship, devotion, and sacrifice
yet they deny me this one boon
They deny me you
Come back, my love…

A semblance of power pulses all around us
I reach for it, delve into the alchemy of the great mother
and preserve you in a stasis of aching beauty
but it is not enough
The gods hoard all the rest
And I need you, my sunrise

In a world without gods, our wills stir the cosmos
I reach into the infinite
and touch the divine dispersions once denied me
My chains are shattered
I see your soul in the chaos that must not be disturbed
But for you, my love
Anything!

For:
Reena’s Xploration challenge
Eugi’s moonwashed challenge

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The flowers which sank an empire grew on a land rich in minerals of…

The death of God was announced briefly, to a large group of school children, on March 15, 2100, and a tombstone was placed in Bill Gates square as a monument to the death of superstition and the rise of science. Penelope Gates the supreme world leader presided over the opening ceremony watched by a few of her minions from the World Forum, in addition to the students. She gave a short speech extolling the advances in science over the last hundred years and how humans now controlled their own destiny and had no need for the Gods of old. “We are a fully enlightened species and have buried all the superstitious nonsense of the past”. The ceremony was duly recorded and screened in all residences to further indoctrinate the masses to the will of the ruling…

Yes, literally its a blog which is driven by different “prompts“, as given by other respected & established bloggers. It goes like-

Love & solemnity forge her exercise deeds till infinity,

Acting as a Family angel with all her true Muliebrity,

No responsibility eschewed and no apathy shown,

Mothers are evidently second God to us

In this world with true known sanity.

Nothing to deter her from even an iota of optimism,

Be complete failures or any tiny criticism,

Let our faith always persists,

Because we don’t live in a world,

Where no God exists.

I live with my “mother”, you may opt

To live in a world where no Gods Exist.

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Above is my effort to do justice to the prompts as detailed-

Reena’s Xploration Challenge#265- To live in a world where no Gods Exist.

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Written for J-Dubs word…

A pause,

A shiver,

A tremor,

and then suddenly there wasn’t any fear,

any fear of consequences,

any fear of good and bad.

and then suddenly there wasn’t anyone to blame,

blame when things don’t our way,

blame when we are perceived wrong.

and then suddenly there wasn’t anyone to rely on,

rely during tough and easier times,

rely for own consolation.

and then suddenly there wasn’t any belief,

belief in known and unknown,

belief to choose or deny.

A pause,

A shiver,

A tremor,

and realisation dawns,

in goodness i see God,

God lies within,

within you and me.

100 words

Acknowledgements :- Thank you Reena Saxena for hosting RxC # 265 , theme being,” You live in a world where no Gods exist.” For rules please refer here. Thank you all for stopping by and reading.

Saturday morning! I had a busy week and only now I’m catching up with this week’s writing challenges.

• Moonwashed Weekly Prompt #127 – 1/24/23 – Infinite
• Reena’s Xploration Challenge #265 – You live in a world where no Gods exist
• Carrot Ranch – January 23: Story Challenge in 99-words – Optimism

listen to me
in a world without gods
cherish love 
because it transcends matter, time and space 
it keeps us going, it fills us with optimism 
it’s the ultimate resource for survival 
in a forgotten worldas a breeze carrying seed to a distant land love spreads infinite hope when the spell is broken look up at the stars memories of scattered love will spring from the universe and fill up your soul you will keep that moment forever ever and find the goddess inside your pure being waiting to be pleased a constellation of joy will guide…

These lines are written in response to Reena’s exploration challenge: 265 on https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/01/26/reenas-xploration-challenge-265/

The prompt was the line,” You live in a world, where no god exists”

A beautiful world

There is lot less strife

Less pain and sufferings

No arduous paths to follow

No archaic books to read

Nothing blinds the minds

Or squeezes them in tubes

Forcing them to embrace

Delusions and mindless beliefs

No lasting wars to spread

Messages of transient peace

No hatred for our brethren

Belonging to other streams

There’s no hell or heaven

To terrorise or entice

For you live in a world

Where no god exists

©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar

Morals, kindness and empathy as well as hatred, anger and jealousy are basic human traits. No religion can grant you some and no religion can take a few away.

https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/01/26/reenas-xploration-challenge-265/

Work , home, work , home
Monday to Friday ,his week flew by
Party with friends , a theatre show
He bade the weekend goodbye .
Again,the whole week was gone in a blink
He didn’t even sleep a wink.

His grandma used to talk about God
Said her ancestors went to the church .
A prayer was said before each meal,
Any stresses, any wounds
They believe god would heal.

Did they sleep in peace ?
He wondered …
But then some went to the temple,
Yet others went to a mosque
So many died at the hands of each other
Based on their definition of this ‘God’

World denounced all religions ,
In order to achieve peace.
But something feels empty;
His heart has anything but peace.

In this world devoid of all emotion ,
Where Everyone is guided just by instincts.
His heart was full of Commotion…