General

The waters of the lake,

Glistening under the mid-morning sun,

Still, and not running so deep,

Bordering the fringe, the greens ever so thick,

Barely any light emanating amongst the foliage,

Lying half immersed, as lifeless as the rock beside it,

The one armed crocodile,

Bidding its time for a catch or two,

Kept me wondering, an arm lost:

Could it be?

Space domination, hunger pangs, vying for a partner ,

Protecting its young one or merely something else?

As the boat moved further,

With the boatman goading us to ,

Enjoy the sights of egrets, cormorants, storks,

And yet other migratory birds,

A sight so warm and deep,

And yet taken for granted,

Of a mother painted stork,

A beauty by herself,

With colourful wings

Of pink, black, yellow, white,

Resolving a fight amongst her kids,

Trying to be impartial and teaching ,

Lessons of sharing and brotherhood,

Caught…

Reena’s Exploration welcome’s us again, to enrich this space with your wisdom and talent!

PROMPT/THEME OF THE WEEK

“Revitalized”

(Poem)

A kaleidoscope color show

nature simulates this for me,

just as the sun sets low.

Firey balloon ball of ruby red 

descends, such a pleasure to see;

Horizon glows and spreads.

Into the realm of contentment,

is all I could seek,

to end all existence of resentment.

Soon that ruby red balloon 

disappeared beneath the landscape,

leaving me to dwell within the cavity of my cocoon.

Envisioning the darkness 

did not make me sad;

No, no… It made me feel glad.

Tomorrow the fireball would return

and my heart will be renewed,

to see the ruby red balloon lit up like a lantern.

BC 2019

Photo Credit: Unsplash ~ Jason Blackeye

Reena’s Exploration Challenge #91

See no crap
Hear no crap
Speak no crap

DO live a life free from crap!

He shuffled forward. He could sense the swarm of humanity behind him but kept his eyes fixed to the front. He was patient, recognizing that he had all the time in the world. No, that wasn’t quite right. Single file, another step forward. He was approaching the gates.

The gates hovered over him, disappearing into the misty heights. There were two elevators just inside the gates. The elevator on the right had an UP arrow and the elevator on the left had a DOWN arrow. Before the gates sitting at a desk was a young woman peering at the page of a book.

” If you could just sign here confirming your name and date of birth”. She pointed to a column in the book and extended a pen.

The book was duly signed.

“If you could just step on…

न मिलती तुम मुझसे
कर देती कोई झूठा वादा
रह जाता भरम मेरा ।१।

बचा कर दामन अपना
कर दिया मुझको मशहूर
क्या कम है करम तेरा ।२।

जलाकर सपने सभी
अब पहचान पाया हूँ मैं
मिज़ाज है गरम तेरा ।३।

ऐसी भी क्या रंजिश जो
तड़पता देख कर मुझको
आनंद है चरम तेरा ।४।

सहकर सारे ज़ख्म अमित
नहीं किया शिकवा कभी
यह तो है धरम मेरा ।५।

In response to: Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 90

“I’ll show you mine if you show me yours?”

We were six years old at the time.

“Is that it?” I exclaimed after she’d dropped her pants.

“Is that it?” she retorted upon seeing what I had to offer.

Boy and girl bits, we decided were best left in our respective pants.

Six years later we’d grown some

Puberty was hitting us both,

Her chest was starting to bulge

I was beginning to have stirrings in my pants

Our parents had warned us about treating each other ‘Inappropriately’,

As they put it.

For us, compromise took on another form

She wanted to play in my team,

My mates didn’t like the idea,

She was a girl, after all.

But she could hit a ball better than most of us,

So, she became an asset.

Because she was so good,

My neighbour, insisted on having an extra team member

When she…

There is a line that should exist

In every relationship.

Opposites may attract,

which is okay if

one person is not required

to lose his identity

to satisfy the other.

This is not compromise.

It is annihilation
of personality.

TTL 6/7/19

In Response to : https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/06/06/reenas-exploration-challenge-90/