tired-beingshowcased ondesert safarisI thirst for some paraglidingor river adventures - Are you listening, humans? Photo Challenge #498
Thirst
Fodder
Water boils in search of meat to become a broth. The journalist’s imagination becomes an itch. Will he find a story to metamorphose into an article? The girl walking alone on a desolate street, the vendor hawking fake goods, the couple recording a Reel in the hope of going viral – do they know someone … Continue reading Fodder
Aspirations
The young lad looks aroundfascinated by the tallness of buildings;intimidated by the slickness of motionAdventure beckons;he is unsure of landing spacesbut eager to craft storieshe will tell his brethrenback home in the village crouched in a cornersmaller than the spacereserved for cattle at homehis dreams begin to crumblebut who knowsa mansion or skyscrapermay engage himas … Continue reading Aspirations
Uniqueness
It takes courage to stand alone. It takes time to accept that you may be shunned by a community for being different. There is someone out there pouring venom because you dare to reach out for something they did not think about. It takes protective armor to keep the sarcasm from damaging you. Uniqueness is … Continue reading Uniqueness
Cyclic Power
cold clouds mockfoliage-stripped treesdefiantbranches swaypowered by cycles - spring isaround the corner 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge Image credit: Winter in the Country, c. 1859 by George Henry Durrie, Artist from the National Gallery of Art
Wolf Meat
The long, dark hair and red lips are beautiful. But the extended eyeliner and lip color leaking out of the perfect bow-shaped mouth makes one feel as if she just walked out of a horror flick. Then she smiles and the aura changes. Well, it could be the makeup artist overdoing his job. Her beauty … Continue reading Wolf Meat
Dinosaur
ferocious, by all meansready to devour light-heartednesswith its forked tongueoscillating between agesIt is but a memoirof a buried culture It pops out of pages of historycrosses geographies of the minddestroys civic sensein an alien languagecauses incalculable damagewith a different mathundefined in scientific methodsnot punishable by extant laws only to reclaim a partof belongingslong since abandonedmetamorphosed … Continue reading Dinosaur
Desire and Destiny
Abandoned seeds grow into lush gardens, while I count the rocks on other paths, where milestones are vibrant but do not carry my name. I keep running incessantly in the hope of being first on the horizon. Pathways that miss the soles of my feet play host to temples that consecrate all that I wanted … Continue reading Desire and Destiny
Not Whole
a petalin search of its Goddrifts awaywith the windSun lights up smiling facesforlorn petal cries Written for Puzzle This at MLMM hosted by Sarah Wiley
Musings
I lost the license to the stock photo despite having paid a hefty price for it. Is it a consolation that the photo has lost its premium with the advent of artificial intelligence? We mourn losses on losing the exalted ground beneath our feet built over decades of hard work, attention to detail and manipulation. … Continue reading Musings
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