When Time Stopped

When Time Stopped Reena Saxena

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.George Eliot The timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness. And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream. Kahlil Gibran This is the story of a … Continue reading When Time Stopped

Guarding souls

guarding library of souls prone as they are to awake, expand fly in air   it takes a machine’s soulless agility to trap, threat impair mobility   precision of response non-negotiable soulful uncertainty can turn tables   alert searchlights guard darkness investigating rays pale in its brightness https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2019/11/26/photo-challenge-291/ https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/11/21/reenas-exploration-challenge-114/

Unwelcome

living on edge inhabiting extremes gave me perspective   I lusted for life tasted thunder burnt my lips   numbed my tongue with chilled bites of luscious ice cream   moderation slipped from greying hair to expanding girth   unwanted, unwelcome entering unannounced in bylanes of life https://onewomansquest.org/2019/11/25/vjs-weekly-challenge-74-moderation/

Tomorrow

Can I call it a day as yet? I’m certainly in a better place than where I started. Achievements celebrated and posted on social media for accolades, I look forward to a night of rest. But who says the morning will not bring fresh challenges? Rocks can come rolling down the mountain, flags hoisted can … Continue reading Tomorrow

Climbing down

I choose the form "one sentence poem" to imitate Example MY TAKE Enveloped iN Fluffiness oF Grey cloudS I wonder whO Wrote poetrY On ladders tO The azure skY I step dowN Gingerly, slowlY Back to GrounD https://dversepoets.com/2019/11/21/imitation-practice/

Impact

???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? secrets spilt sealed your lips shifting focus to unseen depths ancient wisdom unusual allies banned entries you struggled … to regain balance   Gossip enjoyed building castles in the air… https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/11/14/reenas-exploration-challenge-113/

Twilight smiles

the moon we swear by changes shape while the night conspires we’re not welcome here creatures of the night abhor light   they fail to see beauty power, romance bringing seekers of nocturnal solutions to their internal strife Irony of life!   a lovely window opens for a short while to meet, understand accept, dissolve … Continue reading Twilight smiles

Fables

fables fabulous lenses fanning flames of awareness firing change framing behavior patterns for all to see and think https://amanpan.com/2019/11/18/brewnspew-cafe-november-18-2019/ https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2019/11/14/reenas-exploration-challenge-113/

Blank Canvas

creativity falling through cracks of everyday-ness morphs into sensitivity a guilt that keeps gnawing at your insides demanding release whipping your conscience for incarceration asking laws be rewritten rules redefined till justice is done soul of a blank canvas or white page is inked https://dversepoets.com/2019/11/18/quadrille-92-take-a-crack-at-poeming/