The one-year old throws up, and his mother looks hassled. “He doesn’t know when to stop eating.” Systems are put in place to keep a check on his oral consumption. He cries and cries, then indulges in vengeful acts - like breaking a glass to see his mother in tears. The kid insists on checking … Continue reading Seeds
expectations of this or that bind the psyche change thinking hat I don’t have to be … I’m so sure What do you want me to be grateful for?… What if I want to be all that you ask me I don’t have to be Won’t it be less of me? why not leave it … Continue reading MLMM Music Challenge
PROMPT #171 We have a dialogue prompt this week .... with a twist. What is the twist? You need to take it forward from the perspective of the opposite gender, not yours. You may use the dialogue as a theme, beginning or end. Your piece can be fiction, poetry, an anecdote, historical fiction, biographical sketch, … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #171
chill in spines - silencewatching which way the wind blowswinter of dissent https://amanpan.com/2021/02/04/eugis-weekly-prompt-winter-february-4-2021/
lightning on its feetas it hits the ground runningmortified humans.... https://only100words.xyz/2021/02/04/three-line-tales-262/
Image: Trish Nankivell “Flipkart sent me 2-ply rolls, when I had specifically ordered Origami 3-ply rolls. And the label on packaging says it is non-returnable.” Back in the Flipkart office, “Why this padlock here?” “Employees replace the rolls. I’ve received complaints on the chatbot, though we did not bother to reply…” “And which ones are … Continue reading What the hell?
we shared barracks, canned guavas in sub-zero climes…. We argued on things of no consequence to pass cold nights…. We fought shoulder-to-shoulder now he rests on my shoulder voiceless, lifeless… his weight feels like life weighing me down I’ll never look at life and death in the same way again strong, but ephemeral intense, yet … Continue reading Shoulder-to-shoulder
Neither man nor beast Neither guns nor robots Neither morning nor evening Neither earth nor sky Neither wind nor water can kill the Anti-God as he arrives to review redefine reconstruct the world in his own shape undefined… https://flashfictionforthepracticalpractitioner.wordpress.com/2021/01/27/flash-fiction-for-the-purposeful-practitioner-2021-week-04/
godliness cast in mouldsto make it tangiblein suspecting cruciblesof human minds god needs to look like menot wind, water flowingto receive His blessings-soul force divine clay statues satisfy-I've locked divinitymanaged infinityset to rewind I cheat the wind outsideknowing that God is intemples can't see my sin-conscience defined https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2021/02/02/tanka-tuesday-poetry-challenge-no-211-abhanga-or-poetschoice/
I cannot be an eagle, though I wish to fly high I am blessed with a penetrating vision that cuts through veils and layers of deception. Yet, what I see is an adversary, not a prey. Shedding feathers is painful, as the stories about eagles plucking feathers in isolation say. They rebirth and live for … Continue reading Soul Management
