it takes strength to sing and fly across the blue sky skylarks inspire many a starlet strives to have wings and a voice Haikai Challenge by Frank Tassone
Aspirations
Queen Mrignayani
The Maharaja had to marry several times for political reasons. It helped in turning surrounding kingdoms into friend nations, and the borders remained safe. It also helped a conglomerate of nations to rise as a united force, in case of a foreign invasion. The ‘queens’ were packed like sardines in a can in the huge … Continue reading Queen Mrignayani
Afternoon Tea
Astute observations Flying around Tongue in cheek Ever malicious Rolling eyes Never forgiving Or Omitting Details Needlessly Targeting socialites Ever hungry About new gossip Weekend Writing Prompt #40 by Sammi Cox
Mirror and Me
I laugh at the mirror and it laughs back at me handsome and ugly hold no meaning in absence of an opinion and a perspective. I cry silently as I touch reality of my loneliness The mirror and I are the only two staring at each other. Saturday Mix at MLMM
Let it fade away
“Watch the scene that troubles you on that television set, beyond the glass screen in that long corridor. The image is shrinking, the colors are fading to black, white, grey and sepia, lashing raindrops through the window destroy the TV, it is covered with muck ….. it is disappearing, it is gone ……” The therapist’s … Continue reading Let it fade away
A State of Being
a chemical high blurring of the real world in other words, love SoCS
Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 23
Welcome to Week 23 Eclipses are not new to the world. But there is something unique about each one of them. Most of them appear to occur once in 100-150 years. The universe follows its own schedule, and it might be slower or faster than our earthly systems. But it sells, when it is touted … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 23
Cynical Thought
I am a cynic leave me alone I am absolutely fine. Experience is taking the shocks and knocks. I know the threshold where positivity falls. I have traversed the long and spiral road from Hope to Expectation to Stonewalls. I couldn’t care less about crossing lines The other side of which is not … Continue reading Cynical Thought
Sati
The reference is the now extinct 'Sati' system, where a widow was burned on the funeral pyre along with her dead husband. The dead women were glorified and had temples built as their memorials. the bell that chimes echoes my screams from the funeral pyre where I was burnt alive inheritance issues a … Continue reading Sati
Ranting along
The shadow of the building gets bigger, as my existence lies scattered on the grass. The brilliant species of Homo Sapiens has not been able to invent a man-made material for construction. They cannot comprehend my speechlessness, nor empathize with my pain. I am unable to tell them, that it will hit them hard in … Continue reading Ranting along
