Reena’s Xploration Challenge #327

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Welcome back from an unusually artistic week! PROMPT #327 In this week, I invite you to explore the word LIMINAL The dictionary meaning is as follows occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold. "I was in the liminal space between past and present" 2. relating to a transitional or initial stage of … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #327

A point in life

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“Ramji refused to pay for his brother's funeral, and I had to step in,” reminisces the nonagenarian, which puts others in a tight spot. Ramji’s son is sitting at the bedside. “Of course, I remember you – you are from a different religion, often smoked in my bathroom and I’d chided Ravi on marrying you.” … Continue reading A point in life

eGo

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I wonder if a thief lives here. One of my tees hangs on the rack, but I’ve never been here before, and it doesn’t look like a laundry either. A closer look reveals it is two sizes smaller than I wear and looks famished without my ego bloating it up. My tee was not a … Continue reading eGo

Vacation

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paint the sky turtleenable it to carry mebeyond rainbowsshake hands with the Universemiss the return flight let me enjoyresourceful vacationsto take me beyond myselfand all that is conceited enoughto contain me Moonwashed Weekly Musings

Anxiety Dreams

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the sultriness of exam hallsthe whirring fan on topclocks ticking awaytill I submitted a summaryof memoryof all that I choseto remember or forget-anxiety dreams added sweaton seeing questions for whichI was unprepared But nowdreams tell different storiesof empty larders when guests arrivea missed flighta blinking lighta bank statementI’d rather not opentill the next check arrives … Continue reading Anxiety Dreams

Befriending the Sky

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I saw you shedding tearsbut they said unseasonal showersare blessings from the skyand a good time for a soul to depart I wonder what the forward journey is likenavigating explosive gaps between the cloudsbursting with sins she committedbecause she saw herself asinvincibleunbeatableand now suddenlyfinds herself confrontedby Karma Sky, your omnipresence gives youlimitless powerspray let me … Continue reading Befriending the Sky