Outlasting the fickleness of fame

Outlasting the fickleness of fame …. by Aishwarya

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Being dependable like the majestic tree,

Rather than mindlessly sway for materialistic greed,

Probably would outlast the fickleness of fame,

At the end of one’s game.

Acknowledgements :- Thank you Reena Saxena for running the challenge at Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 133. For rules please refer here. Thank you all for stopping by and reading.

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इश्क़ का ज़हर

English translation in Comments ….

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पी लिया है तेरे इश्क़ का ज़हर
नहीं दरकार मुझे दवा कोई

इतर सा बिखरा है फिज़ाओं में
छूकर आयी है तुझे हवा कोई

है बेचैनी सी सुबह से ही आज
हुए अरमान फिर जवां कोई

ये आँसूं मेरे अब बहते ही नहीं
कर सकता नहीं ग़म रवां कोई

बैठा है अमित तेरे इंतज़ार में
फिर दिखा अपना जलवा कोई 

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 132

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मरते देखा है 

English translation in Comments …

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वक़्त की आँधी में कुछ नहीं टिकता
हमनें दरख्तों को उखड़ते देखा है

कौन ले जा सका है साथ जमीन
फिर भी भाइयों को लड़ते देखा है

क्या पकड़ सकता है मुट्ठी में अपनी
बच्चे को परछाई पकड़ते देखा है ?

उम्र भर अकड़ कर जिया था जो
उसे अपने बच्चों से डरते देखा है

वो बिन हमारे जीना सीख गया अमित
जिसे हमने खुद पे मरते देखा है

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 133

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Spotlights Burn

Spotlights Burn ….. by VJ Knutson

VJ's avatarOne Woman's Quest

She amassed children while
he pursued accolades

Family photos display
northern shorelines
tanned faces, white-toothed grins
parents not represented

Lost her childhood
at the bottom of a ravine
laid beaten and shattered
no one came to rescue her.

Guess that’s what drew her
the his light; money, she hoped
would not abandon her.

But muck tracks the same
and children need feeding
and absent a co-parent
she sleeps most days.

Offspring learn independence
a product of adults’ disarray
outlasting the fickleness of fame.

(For Reena’s Exploration Challenge:  prompt is the last line of the poem.  Image my own.)

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 133

Sadje’s take on Reena’s Exploration Challenge #133

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Reena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge

PROMPT #133

Use the phrase

outlasting the fickleness of fame….

…in your piece.

You can write about any celebrity or someone you admired, or how you would like to chalk out a dream life for yourself. You can be philosophical about the concept, and use it in an abstract manner. Examples from nature or mythology can also be taken.

~*~

Fame is a fickle mistress….

Don’t we all crave fame and recognition

In that secret cornerof our heart

We desire to be adulated and revered

For our great deeds, our matchless beauty

Or the extraordinary talent that we possess

But as they say, fame is a fickle mistress

It snares our soul and then abandonsit

Without notice, in a moment to flee to others

Who like us, welcomeitwith open arms

To outlast the fickleness of fame

We…

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #133

Amitabh Bachchan, as outlined by Indira 🙂

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #133

PROMPT #133

Use the phrase

outlasting the fickleness of fame….

Nothing falls like fame
Few flops and you are doomed
Some who rise again
With sheer perseverance
Outlast the fickleness of fame
 And remain at the top till the end
Are legend like  very own
Mr. Amitabh Bachchan

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