Headless

“Brain dead” - declares the doctor. I wonder what continues to live, as I drag myself out of the Intensive Care Unit. On that bed lay a woman who lived in fear of death for a decade. She did not believe in reincarnation or life after death.  The phone vibrates, and I answer it reluctantly. … Continue reading Headless

Saving

Saving …. by Aishwarya

kittysverses's avatarKitty's Verses

Those laughs saved for later,

Suppressing asinine moments of glee,

Those minutes of time stored in unseen jars,

Living someplace other than present,

Saving proliferates,

When this life is lived through all its colours,

Those experiences of opportunities denied,

Waiting for a better one,

Those finesse of teachings lost,

Tarrying knowledge’s entry,

Someday life’s chord cuts,

Sans any intimation,

Sans any intuition,

Would lingering then save the day?

Would our lifeline care for deadlines ?

74 words.

Thoughts :- Life is lived through all its colours, ups and downs. We can neither save our ups lifelong, neither can we halt our downs. Each moment, each day.

Acknowledgements :- Thank you Reena Saxena for running the Reena’s Exploration Challenge. The theme for this week was deadlines. Thank you Sammi Cox for running the Weekend Writing Prompt Challenge. The word for the week is asinine, which means silly and word limit is…

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #155

Horror ….. by Indira

Indira's avatarSharing Thoughts

https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2020/10/01/reenas-exploration-challenge-155

PROMPT #155- Horror

ghosts and witches

their means of scaring us

seem like child’s play

when we compare them

to the horror created by

mafias

their power 

their impudence 

their hold over systems

their confidence that they are above the law

that they can get

away after any crime

common people

terrified

terrorized

running from door to door

for justice

will they get any

or…well, why lose hope

one day truth may come out

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Dead Are Unimpressed

Dead are Unimpressed …. by VJ Knutson

VJ's avatarOne Woman's Quest

A cruel master
the ticking clock
So much potential
Get it done!

I rush past shadows
crumple the pages
failed attempts
mounting

What of dreams?
Of life’s destiny?
How I worship
at the altar of should

Even with positivity
fantastical notions fall short
I argue against uncertainty
meet only disapproval

There is no magic
no pre-destined fame
just dust gathering
the dead are unimpressed.

(Linking up with Reena’s Exploration challenge: follow link for video prompt. Image my own.)

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Time blanket ~ a quadrille

Time Blanket ….. by s.s.

s.s.'s avatarMindfills

Time’s precision pendulum swings

lulling me into surrender

sweeping silly senses under

quilted blankets of beguiling

delusions of imaginings

cozily wrapped up in rainbows

warping Time through a window

into, over, future and pasts

stalling, staying, scuttling fast

TickTockTickTock. What’s fast? What’s slow?

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Mindfills by s.s. for

A quadrille for Merril at d’Verse blanket

Ronovan writes – A Decima with Swing in A abbaaccddc

Reena’s exploration challenge experimental art (clock)

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Arcs

truth eludes me as all evidence of anger I once felt floats away in arks of tears and self-delusion I ponder on arcs of life moving in circles letting myself be illuded by what I now feel atoms of thoughts rearranged in different molecular forms redefine identity - repeatedly I love misleading others but am … Continue reading Arcs

#212. MEETING THE DEADLINE

Meeting the Deadline …. by Ramya Vivek

Ramya Vivek's avatarMy Musings

He laid awake and said the name into the night.

He has been repeatedly doing it for the past few nights.

When she asked if he’ll take her out, he said deadline is on my head and I can’t.

When she asked if he could accompany her for the regular check up, he had the reason of the deadline.

When she requested him to make it a movie night with her, ‘Don’t you know I have a deadline’, pat came the reply.

When she was gazing the stars all alone, he was there furiously typing away, trying to beat the deadline.

Now, after waiting for long, when she was suddenly gone, he finally felt his heart missing a beat.

In his quest to meet the deadline, he unknowingly ignored her needs and love, but her life had a deadline too, which he forgot to meet.

Her presence taken for granted…

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge- 156 – Time

Deadline …. by Sadje

Sadje's avatarKeep it alive

Reena is the host of Reena’s Exploration Challenge

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Tick tock runs the clock

We spend our lives rushing through the maze that’s life

Hurry, hurry, times-a-wasting

The clicks, the beeps, tapping and buzzing

All reminding us that time is passing

Don’t get caught in a downward spiral

It will drag you deep into the rabbit hole

Break the chains that confine you, binds your life

#Keepitalive

#ReenasExplorationChallenge

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Greatness

He laid awake and said the name into the night. The night smirked,  “Find a new one. There are so many breathing the same name to darken the sky.” “I want it to light up the night”, said he. “It needs an original source - greatness being bestowed by darkness, admirers or followers is short-lived.” … Continue reading Greatness