menacing, short steps bring him closer every moment venomous blues cloud imagination to torment I know it’s the end strapped to monitors once again “See what fear does,” he says addressing the interns “to neural pathways in the brain. Extrapolated vision tenses up nerves I’m not an executioner just look like one….” Darkness envelopes I’m … Continue reading Nightmarish
dream-shopping for wavy hair alabaster skin I shut my eyes, await transformation eyes quickly darting away like those of a stranger bring home reality of non-recognition “Can’t you see my soul?” I cry but I worked so hard to hide behind layers and filters….. he likes my blue eyes but calls me by a different … Continue reading Transformed
Selling the cure ……. to isolation …. By Susi Bocks
the great debate
a miracle or a poison
sparing more lives
or dooming future generations
we are fraught with anxiety
but it’s prescribed to allay fears
helping or hurting
time will let us know
In Line ….. by VJ Knutson
Faint at the sight of needles
a squeamish gene, I’m sure
Suck it up, adult self admonishes
Child looks away, breath held
Sixty-two years its been thus
too many pokes to count
And now there is new promise
a vaccine to ward off the virus
Hope reduced to one tiny vial
believe me, this sleeve’s rolling up.
(Written for Reena’s Exploration challenge. Image is the prompt.)
thirsting for new worlds
dive headlong into adventure
on wings of hope
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Mindfills by s.s. for Vidya
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Fear of syringe ……… by Ramya Tantry
It’s been almost a year now,
We have been patiently waiting.
Waiting for a hope, a cure – a vaccine..
Now, that it is here,
Fear of the syringe , makes me go weak in the knees..
Dreamed up a haiku ………. by s.s.
waiting and watching
what new dreamed-up colours
tinge tomorrow’s dawning
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Mindfills for
Eugi’s weekly prompt – dawning
Reena’s exploration challenge – next normal
Hope and Fear …….. by Sadje
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Welcome to the next normal, as the stories around us change!
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I look at it with anticipation and dejection
The answer to humanity’s problems
It will cure all illnesses, all sickness
One of the greatest discovery of all times
A lot of hope and fear rides on this one injection
If I call it an elixir of life, I won’t be wrong
The only trouble is that it has never been tested
Not on any living being, animal, or human
And till I am given permission to use it on live subjects
How can this greatest discovery be of any use
So I wait with hope and fear
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