Playgrounds

I fight for level playgrounds on shaky earth feet trembling with underground tremors They say the earthquake never happened… It’s pure insanity… finding balance with manacled limbs fighting for rights never granted… Fair play assumes equality But I don’t live in an equal world… https://dversepoets.com/2021/11/15/quadrille-140-lets-go-to-the-fair/

Holding a mirror

If I hold a mirror to you, will you recognise yourself? You may call me disfigured, broken or ugly You may say conforming is the only way to go Will you see shades of your fractured self in me? You may call me disfigured, broken or ugly For all that is different, is alien to … Continue reading Holding a mirror

Ineptitude

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7M4She4lp75nJrWvfqGdY8?si=4ef2614abb044941 He trudges on in the desert, as the weight of the basket increases with every step. Special boots do not help. The glasses he wears obstruct clear vision, The compass shows a certain direction, but he’s not sure why is he following that. The ineptitude shows. He has never been trained for mental strength … Continue reading Ineptitude

That’s not me

I surprise myself with my resilience I still breath in toxic ambience I wonder if brains alter with what I face jumping from manic to depressive phase I analyse what’s inaccessible see blindness, hear the inaudible Then I see shadows that follow me It’s so familiar, but that’s not me I die several deaths, but … Continue reading That’s not me

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #207

Welcome to autumn evenings, mulled wine and creative thoughts racing through the mind! The world around is changing fast. We need to board the ship before we are left behind. PROMPT #207 Well, I can't deny you a choice - to board the wagon or not. So, here are three prompts. You may choose one … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #207

Schizophrenia

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0Hc1ieetfj6OVxgMzEVojK?si=6feac709b5da4c17 A neutral third party can perhaps tell - she has changed too with his mental illness. The trepidation, the fear, the lines of defence are built though she has done nothing wrong. She hears sounds of an impending storm, sees thunder in distant lights and awaits doom, which is welcome but …. Armour is … Continue reading Schizophrenia

Keys intact, sound lost…

Keys intact, sound lost … Did I win the race? Will I get it all together again - lost moments jump… Bonhomie reverberates through the haunted place. https://only100words.xyz/2021/11/11/three-line-tales-302/

I walk through the same corridors

I walk through the same corridors againhearing sounds of cackling, raucous laughterin pure defiance - who cares what they say? labels are giddy-headed, immaturean exciting life ahead to be liveddreams are a birthright, whatever you say I walk through the same corridors againrecalling encouragement, ridiculedreams embalmed in concrete - to live again I think of … Continue reading I walk through the same corridors

Mass hysteria

purpleprose impresses-nubile minds swoon overhibiscus lips, buzzing grape winesroyallollipops strewn on lilac skiesdoing the fandangoelectric charged-my thoughts https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/11/09/tankatuesday-weekly-poetry-challenge-no-251-synonymsonly-or-tastetherainbow/