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/
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
“Great to connect with you, buddy! It was beyond my wildest imagination that we share the same fears and concerns. You are seen as the blue-eyed boy of the master.” “What makes you think so?” “All that you shared yesterday…” “I must have been really sozzled. Let’s go back to where we started from… We … Continue reading The Morning After
God, give relevance to my life – not longevity. Health and finances remain supreme, above all other dreams. Give me the power and presence of mind for constant updation and change, for finding my place in a VUCA world. Give me the wisdom to know that the body is a vehicle for the soul, and … Continue reading PRAYER
Eden saw doubt in their trembling smiles, they never expected her to recover. She knew she will be shifted to a mental asylum soon. The family was already planning a life without her, rather a life without her bouts of insanity. She saw floating images from the past – moments of achievement, appreciation, happiness. There … Continue reading Asylum
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/
“Anamika and Arun have decided to separate. Another fairytale wedding ends.” “I’m not surprised. There’s a difference between knowing, understanding and loving.” “One leads to another.” “No. We don’t like everything we understand.” “And what do you prefer?” “Being understood correctly, rather than being loved for the wrong reason….” It’s time to leave for work … Continue reading As romantic as it gets
Welcome to another soul-searching week! PROMPT I will come straight to the point, because the topic cannot be cushioned in flowery words and smart expressions. I choose the poem “Questionnaire” by Wendell Berry as a prompt. It is hard hitting, it is cold, it is dark, it is stark. QUESTIONNAIRE by Wendell Berry How much … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #114
I remember the shape of your ship sailing away on the horizon, turning dark, reducing in size, till it moved out of sight. We did not share the same space any more, and my daughter had no access to your world. Your responses changed from reassuring to tardy to silence - she was foolish enough … Continue reading Interpretation
There is a name inscribed on each arrow – arrows that have pierced the softest part of my psyche. I count them every day, and remember the things that hurt me. I build an arsenal of my own – as a defensive measure. A mythological television show demonstrates to-and-fro fireworks , and their subsequent neutralisation … Continue reading Whose world?
