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with shallow breath
and heaving emotions
i bequeath the rivulets
escaping
     pittering
           on the soft earth

from here on out
i lament
the one-sided conversations
a yearning
     for a return
           to more than just memories

tears don’t stop
hasn’t slept whole night
maybe she
needs a change
of diapers, the mother thinks
the child is cranky

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 145

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Cloudy morning

Grey beginning

Waiting for the sun if there is one.

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https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2020/07/23/reenas-exploration-challenge-145/

Reena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge

Welcome to playing another round of the weekly game!

I just googled the words ‘cryptic poem’, and am fascinated by a few interesting specimens.

This is the shortest possible poem I can imagine.

constantly,
consistently,
continually,
you

Source: Perry Poetry

PROMPT #145

The prompt is to use the above style of writing as an inspiration. The subject is totally your choice. It can be either prose or poetry or poetic prose or prose-poetry or a combination of both.

But, keep it as short and as cryptic as possible.

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When I write, I want to be clear

No hidden messages or riddles

A pointer or a hint may suffice

Do you get what I mean yet?

~*~

#Keepitalive

#ReenasExplorationChallenge

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in artesian spring water
washing with gentle hands,
rubbing rubbing the dust off
until you’re red and gleaming
tongue runs from bow to stem
teeth grow impatient then pounce
sinking into your juicy flesh

Reena Saxena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge.  Reena says:
The subject is totally your choice. It can be either prose or poetry or poetic prose or prose-poetry or a combination of both. But, keep it as short and as cryptic as possible.

From darkness,

Light shines,

From silence,

Sound reverberates,

From emptiness,

Companions valued,

From ignorance,

Knowledge surfaces,

From frustration,

Action grows,

From necessity,

Inventions glorify,

From impatience,

Patience surges,

From hopelessness,

Hope evolves,

From nothing,

Everything develops.

36 words.

Acknowledgements :- Written in response to Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 144. For rules please refer here. Thank you all for stopping by and reading.

Come! the ocean calls
Beyond that barrier reef
Across those jagged banks
Away from protections long used

For progress lies beyond your lonely peninsula
Enlightenment glistens from over the horizon
And hope drifts in currents unexplored

Come! your future calls
Outside your familiar
Where breakthroughs lie

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Mankind lies on the threshold of harmony with nature.
A few bold steps to take
A legislation away
Beyond our fatal comfort zone
Breakthroughs await

For while we think, time wanes. – 6wordstory

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For

Sue’s write-photo prompt

Reena’s exploration challenge

Shweta’s 6-word-story prompt

I just ran and ran without turning back this time. I could feel the heaviness in the breath and intense pain in the muscle but my gut feeling kept me going. Finally stopped to realise its getting dark. I can feel the heavy cool breeze hitting me. I could hear the surge of waves and tides.

I stopped. Took a deep breath and looked around.

Sigh!! Oooohhoooo. I made this year!

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She was put into a hostel at an early age when she was just five years old by her stepfather after the demise of her mother. Initially, she was happy to get rid of his mistreat and be happy in the hostel but even hostel place was not different than that of her previous life. She was suffocated by the abuse and mistreat of male staff dominance in the hostel. The fear of loneliness, no clue of the…