Perspective by Susi Bocks
Inspired by Reena’s Exploration Challenge #83
I
wonder
if they are
happy to be
gawked at by many
people, being displayed
upside down here in this hall?
Are the many voyeurs fearful?
What if the strings break sending people
art crashing down hard on top of their heads?
The Shadow Show by the darknetizen
“Mommy, what is happening here?”
I looked at my child looking confused.
“This is a shadow show, my darling. It’s just like the movies we watch, but this is done right in front of us, in real.”
“So there are heroes and heroines here also? But I can’t tell which ones are boys and which ones are girls.”
My child was too young to understand this. This show was made so that the artists and the story is highlighted. It aimed to show genders are inconsequential. My child was too young to understand. I smiled.
“That’s what’s special here.”
Word Count: 99
Prompts:
Your or mine ………… by Rupali S. Banerjee
Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 83: Prompt: Picture and Perspective
Whose perspective is right
I see the shadows upright
You praise the magic of the light
I see them hanging down from ceiling
For you they give a different feeling
Whose is a better sight
Whose perspective is right
I watch the play and come back home
You link it to life’s every zone
I praise the gown the lady wore
You thought a skirt would have suited more
Comparing gives a tough fight
Whose perspective is right
Thinking deep, I finally find
What appears six to you
For me can well be nine
Perspectives are both right
The above is written in response to Reena’s Exploration Challenge # 83
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A take on pleasures of captivity ….
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 50
Tough challenge this time.
Freedom is when you are not compelled to laugh or applaud the silly joke told by the powerful or successful or…people or your boss.
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A Fortune Teller is sitting with his caged parrot, waiting for the people to come and know their fate.
Whenever someone comes he opens the door, parrot comes out, selects a card, gives it to him and goes inside the cage.
Even if the door is open it never tries to fly away, whats more it closes it itself.
Was it for food, security or it has become habituated to living alone, loving the captivity.
Freedom is dangerous and risky perhaps all pets think. Bondage has its own comfort, security, and convenience once you become accustomed to it.
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अब ख्वाब तेरे रातों को सताते नहीं
अब रात भर कोई ख्वाब आते नहीं
अब किस बात का बुरा मानूं मैं
अब दोस्त तेरे नाम से चिढ़ाते नहीं
अब वक़्त ही वक़्त तो है पास मेरे
अब मुझसे मिलने तुम तो आते नहीं
अब जहाँ चाहूँ खर्च करूँ पैसे अपने
अब अपना हक़ कोई दिखलाते नहीं
अब मिटा दिए हैं सारे हर्फ़ अमित
अब सितारे कोई नाम लिखवाते नहीं
In response to:Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 50
