The story started with a challenge set up thehauntedwordsmith, to be continued by the next tagged writer. STORY SO FAR (links given) https://thehauntedwordsmith.wordpress.com/2018/08/11/finish-the-story-6-11-august-2018/ “It’s in your blood, hun.” His mother’s response to the announcement that he was leaving home echoed in his ears. He knew she would be supportive, but he never expected to feel … Continue reading Baby in a basket
“It was a moment of enlightenment….” “What did you see beyond that door?” “I was told Jesus Christ would bless me. A few others said, you will find all the Gods ever named on Earth, or the one you most ardently wish to see. No shape or structure holds a monopoly on God….” “And … Continue reading Locus of control
I had an idea And I thought It was brilliant. But there was so much to contradict. right inside me and out there. The mind flitted one thought to another till it settled on a branch. Amazingly, it found roots in that tree. and watered it untiringly. The water seeped through to more … Continue reading Imagination
Who takes notice of roots spreading beneath ground level helping each other, other than the trees or plants they support. We call those tiny ones weeds, but who created them to feed off the biggies? Who manages the rains? It creates havoc if it exceeds or falls below expectations. It holds many steamy secrets in … Continue reading ELEMENTS
English translation in Comments section….
खुद को तपा सकता हूँ मैं
फिर से सोना बना सकता हूँ मैं
मुझको जलाने को आग अभी बाकी है।१।
गिर कर उठ सकता हूँ मैं
फिर नज़रों में चढ़ सकता हूँ मैं
कुछ नज़रों में मेरी साख अभी बाकी है।२।
खुद से लड़ सकता हूँ मैं
कब दुनिया से लड़ सकता हूँ मैं
धुली कमीज पर कुछ दाग अभी बाकी हैं।३।
अब भी हारा नहीं हूँ मैं
लाचार नहीं,बेचारा नहीं हूँ मैं
कुछ कर गुजरने का चाव अभी बाकी है।४।
अभी पढ़े हैं दो पृष्ठ तूने
अभी से न कर हिसाब अमित
अनपढ़ी पूरी क़िताब अभी बाकी है।५।
In response to:Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 51
Saturday Mix – Lucky Dip, 25 August 2018 Trois-par-Huit The Trois-par-Huit was created by Lorraine M. Kanter. Trois-par-Huit (Three-by-Eight or Octa-Tri for short), a poem containing three stanzas of 3, 3 and 2 lines OR 3, 2 and 3 lines: 8 lines total with a syllable count of 3, 6, 9, 12, 12, 9, 6, 3. … Continue reading Liberation
“I have stopped writing”, he appears cold and distant in the darkness. “Really? Will you survive without it?” “I spent a lifetime, staining white pages and interlocking fingers with keyboards. It was heaven, it was hell, and I knew of nothing else”, he rambles on, unaware of my presence in the room. “What do you … Continue reading Transformed
English translation in Comments section ….
आग में जलता हूँ तेरी मैं
आकर तू भी देख तमाशा १।
आंसू भी अब सूख चुके हैं
समझी न तूने उनकी भाषा।२।
नम न कर तू आंखें अपनी
मत दे मुझे नयी कोई आशा।३।
हीरा था अब टूट चूका हूँ
हाय यह कैसा तूने तराशा।४।
काश तुझे बता पाता अमित
करता हूँ तुझे प्यार बेतहाशा।५।
In response to:Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 51
Jane Basil continues to shake me up to the core…
You ask me who I am,
this fool whose home-made skin
once glistened
with a million shades
of fake and real, incorporating
all the human I hungered to be
and wished to be envisaged in me;
this fool who
from a distance, glowed,
yet seen up close,
singed the eye.
You ask me who I am;
this woman so deeply seared
by uncertainty.
I can tell you I erred,
and that in erring,
I learned to learn,
crawling toward the cure
as each vain expectation,
each flaking fantasy,
each false pretence
was slaked away,
leaving me both less and more.
You ask me who I am
as I watch my multi-coloured dream-coat
shrink to flickering embers,
surrendered by my own hand
to the questing flames
of questioned truth.
You ask me who I am;
I’ll tell you what I know.
Old flesh shows through the vest
my mother dressed me…
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