Confinement

The phone buzzes… someone wants to check on my well-being. I switch off social media notifications. The frequency is higher than normal. I like seeing the well-dressed news reporters on television. There’s a normal life out there somewhere – people dressing up for work, interacting, going live … I say my gratitude for the internet … Continue reading Confinement

Raw power

Nine yards of fabric Around a petite frame Valour personified, violence vindicated As she steps up to slay monsters Red becomes her, the Goddess compels All to respect, to accept and bow To power of the feminine Raw are wounds on her soul Instilling fear, inspiring awe, as blood oozes…. Note: A nine-day long festival … Continue reading Raw power

Meaning

you charge ahead with force not knowing what drives you darkness within, in search of light Meaning escapes, but continues to haunt deep valleys and high roads till you look, dive inside https://colleenchesebro.com/2020/03/31/colleens-2020-weekly-tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-171-specificform/

Not me

I waited for change, for what appears to be a lifetime now. Change happened, but not always for the better, and I was not driving it. I was sick of being a recipient, and waiting for Divine Grace to bless my life. The hope to find understanding, acceptance and love was gradually fading away. I … Continue reading Not me

Unprecedented

I heard war storieswished power struggles would gonot let people dieyet this throws us off balancewe've never been here before If somebody wants to continue on this theme, it can be a renga.... https://frankjtassone.com/2020/03/28/haikai-challenge-132-3-28-20-coronavirus-covid-19-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/

I don't know how

There is a scene in “We the Living” by Ayn Rand, where lovers are being separated and taken away to Siberia. They know they will not survive, yet the girl says, “Let us look at the moon every day, and find solace that we are looking at the same moon.” They needed a unifying factor … Continue reading I don't know how