The beginning and the end of our lives

Is the same for all, prewritten, predetermined 

We are born and then we all die at our fixed time

There hasn’t been a different start or ending 

For any mortal till the human race has existed 

What is important, is what happens in-between 

How we reach from one end to the other

What transpires in this journey is what’s vital

Our choices, our decisions change the path we travel 

The destination doesn’t change but the journey does

We all will die, but some will leave an indelible mark

On the canvas of life, remembered for long!

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RXC;PROMPT #220

We have a quote this week as your weekly prompt.

“Life is a mountain. Your goal is to find your path, not to reach the top.”

Maxime Lagace

Written for RXC # 220, hosted by Reena

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For many, life is a race against time, to reach the top,

they tread on, with an unflinching focus.

While the peak beckons me,

its allure, is not strong enough to lure me.

I would rather choose routes undiscovered,

meander on the cobbled pathways,

be lost in the maze of the unknown.

My dirt laden feet, walking on the muddy trails would gather untold experiences,

soaking in the spirit of nature, witnessing miracles unfold.

My chosen path in life may not give me success,

I may falter at the crossroads of life, be lost,

but it will armor me with enriched gratification.

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #220

“Life is a mountain. Your goal is to find your path, not to reach the top.”

Maxime Lagace

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Alley

i am alone in this dark alley
muted, my soul will be
i run for refuge, no hand to hold in a crowd so huge,
i can’t find my way
every door bolted
so tight, leaving no air to breathe
i am desperate and drenched in hate
why am i alone?
oh, life, why have you treated me so kind
yet beaten me so hard?

i can taste the void, and it blankets over me
so I write to find a cure
so someone might know i exist
but the words don’t work
that dark alley is still the only place to be
muted
why am i alone?
oh, life, why have…

Inspired by Reena’s Exploration Challenge #220 – Life is a mountain. Your goal is to find your path, not to reach the top. – Maxine Lagace & Eugenia’s Weekly Prompt – Still-life

my gaze finds solidarity
in the still-life
impressing itself upon me
its immobility gracefully being
the pristine presence so noble
banishing inquietude

to be that solid
to be that stoic
and remain stable
while the tragedy of life inflicts wounds
it’s admirable

i too
will chart my course
deliberately
and unwaveringly

George Harrison wrote a song titled ‘What Is Life’ and in it he said, “I’ll try my best to make everything succeed.” Oddly Ringo Starr wrote a song titled ‘It Don’t Come Easy’ and in it he said, “Got to pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues, and you know it don’t come easy.”  Nothing good in life ever comes easy, and life will continuously throw challenges and obstacles at you, as no one ever promised you a rose garden.  From the time you are born, it can be an uphill battle, and the way in which you climb and the time that it takes for this journey, is left completely up to you, as nobody can live your life for you, and people don’t live forever.  The textbook definition of life says that this is the state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and…

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #219

PROMPT # 219

Include the sentence somewhere in your piece.

“War is at the doorstep. What do you expect me to do?”

WAR

War is at the doorsteps.

So?

What do you expect me to do?

Take sides or

take out my armor and sword

and plunge into the war.

What if I don’t want to fight?

For warmongers don’t fight themselves.

They make us fight in the name of patriotism.

We have no choice but to follow.

Who benefits from war except for the armament manufacturers.

But,

who pays the price, who loses

except

mothers, wives, and children

waitingfor their beloved ones.

Reena hosts the weekly challenge. Check it out here and also see the list of participants from last week. Visit all the blogs to get a different feel of writing styles.

This weeks prompt: “War is at the doorstep. What do you expect me to do?”

Cry from Ukraine

War is at the doorstep
What do you expect from me?
To pick up guns and ammo
or let the enemy be?
There is no point to fighting
for we were already free
Please go back to Russia
So we don’t have to flee.

War is at the doorstep.
What do you expect me to do?
Take away my family?
Abandon all that we knew?
For war is always ugly
and this one without cause
Our world must come together
There is no time to pause.
People here are dying
Lives are all at stake.
How many people do we lose?

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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #219

• Fiction
• Creative Writing
• Poetry
• Writing Challenges
• Creativity

War is at the doorstep, what do you expect me to do?

It’s late now, your heart is laden with rue,

Brace yourself, to see a sea of graves, reaching the horizon,

Endless names of unsung heroes, inscribed on monoliths, forever gone,

Martyred for a selfish cause, decorated posthumously,

An appearance of caring generously,

Brace yourself, for scars of wars are invincible,

Wounds embedded deep in the psyche of the living gullible,

Hope and pray, no more, we wake to sounds of bugles and bombs,

Hope and pray, the future wakes to sounds of love and laughter that embraces all homes,

For, we are the world, we are it’s people,

We can make a better day, our voices should not be feeble.