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I held the teaser in my hand
I feel as if my body has been
taken over by a strange entity
My mind has gone numb
My hands twist and turn, temper rising
Nothing happens, it stays the same
I sit staring at it, sure it is evil
It wants to destroy me
Then again,
I have never been very good with puzzles

© Anita Dawes 2021

Anyway turn I take
I'm back at square one
It's really rough for a girl
who can't sit out the fun

I marshal my sanity
and try and take a stand
to make a smooth transition
to square-two land

Mindfills for Sammi Cox’s weekend writing prompt – marshal 39words & Reena’s exploration challenge & MLM Saturday mix – sit, stand,rough, smooth

As I stumble again over my tangled shoelaces
wondrous memories light up the canvas of youth
time is fluid and my mind lucid
as I ramble through the lanes of past
a hint of the fragrance of carefree laughter
causes a lump in my throat that refuses to go
the freaky four they called us behind our back
our strangeness, the elephant in the room
nobody had the courage to address
we were unstoppable
no kakorrhaphiophobia, no feeling of insufficiency
my clumsiness never an issue
secure in each others’ quaintness
world warriors we were
then fate spun a whirlwind so intense
scattered across the globe we lie
the magnet of uniqueness keeping us aligned
I wipe my tears with a sigh hoping to see them before I die.

What do you see # 96 – August 23, 2021

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #196

सोलह सिंगार करके जब तू आती है

सबसे ज्यादा तेरी बिंदी मुझे भाती है

मेरे हाथों में होता है जब चेहरा तेरा

सूरज की सी लालिमा उभर आती है

छा जाती है मन में हरियाली सी

अपने कान में पन्ना जब लटकाती है

हैं कितनी सारी सम्भावनाएँ तुझमें

मेरे लिए तू अपना रूप सजाती है

है नारी तू कोई खिलौना नहीं है

फिर क्यों तू हर बार छली जाती है

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 196

Are you the odd one out or one in a million?

It all depends on how you see yourself.

Perspective is the most important thing to have in life!!

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #196

Am I a lone wolf amongst confused souls?

Or,

Am I a black sheep amongst saints?

Am I what Sun is to Earth?

Or,

Am I one amongst the countless stars?

My face lacks identity,

My name has no meaning,

My familiarity doesn’t come from within,

I am just a worker bee,

I am just a misfit piece of a big puzzle,

I am just a common man,

Nothing fancy,

I am just a worker bee,

I am just a misfit piece of a big puzzle,

I am just a common man,

Prone to confusion,

Prone to self-doubt,

Prone to mistakes,

Nothing fancy,

I am just a worker bee,

I am just a misfit piece of a big puzzle,

I am just a common man.

125 words.

Acknowledgements :- Thank you Reena Saxena for hosting Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 196 ( Picture prompt above) and…

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