Arid expanses

whipping the self with rods of guilt for dry spells of creative activity   I feel jaded within lines of busy-ness keys to the psyche lost in mindless work   I will fly again across the sky to rediscover fertile spots in arid expanses   Weekly Writing Prompt #134 (5) Words: Mar 26th | FLY … Continue reading Arid expanses

Appraisals

hordes of employees see auricles expand beyond proportion to internalise predictions of Boss-oracles.   appraisals see cash being hoarded by those who have whored their way sacrificing values and self-respect.   Loyalty is rewarded while capability patiently awaits its turn or silently, gives up   Saturday Mix- Double Take Challenge The ‘Double Take’ challenge focuses … Continue reading Appraisals

Mythical truths

illusions of connectedness with designed frameworks imposed on each story woven into a larger pattern   a vision of divine bliss at the other end of logic pulls the traveller through the patched up, stony paths   muffled sounds of dissent through the arched doorways, calling out the pretence, drown in the depths of pseudo … Continue reading Mythical truths

Reality is only a perspective

Here's a Retourne what happened was experience what we remember are tales we told ourselves about it they go on to become beliefs   what we remember are tales what we saw, what we heard what we touched, how we felt in frameworks of our choice   we tell ourselves about it repeat the story … Continue reading Reality is only a perspective

Smell of Moonlight

Moonlight smells of insomnia and dreams. I hear the sound of late night revellers and graveyard-shifters. I think about the crimes being committed somewhere. I feel the chill in the air as the street dog curls up in her sleep. I sip a few more drops of alcoholic imagination. I see my blank screen, as … Continue reading Smell of Moonlight

Old and New

Here's a Reverse Etheree   belief grows from a need for rootedness old and new do not always connect imposed expectations challenge emergence of new systems life for those starts with fighting the old the past is dead release it let it go   Weekly Tanka Poetry Prompt Challenge by Elsie Hagley

Challenged

flat surfaces invite to borrow warmth and enjoy horizontal bliss   limbs are heavy, but dark challenges do not let me stop destinations beckon   Saturday Mix at MLMM The Challenge Same Same But Different Your ‘Same Same But Different’ task is to take the five challenge words and NOT use them in your writing. … Continue reading Challenged