doorways to secretsor yet another life - justacross barrierstunnelling into tunnelsvision's greatest challenge What Do You See #215
Tunnel vision
Be grateful
A pet works hard to build a connection with us, and gets entwined with the owner’s life. How can we be so naïve to make them fit into our lifestyles, without understanding their worlds, mindsets and biological instincts? A Google search shows me several articles – all from sellers of pet products. There needs to … Continue reading Be grateful
Fragrantly yours
Her guest room feels different, though I’ve spent a couple of nights there earlier. “Have you changed the curtains?” She nods in the negative before saying goodnight. I dream of a garden with long stems of tuberoses. Their fragrance is nocturnal, but tonight is different. Winds have stopped and the garden is silent. I shouldn’t … Continue reading Fragrantly yours
Remember
“Aren’t you the one who accused an innocent?” The guy looked stunned. He had come to engage the famed lawyer for his daughter’s divorce case. “Oh, you did it to so many people that you don’t remember?” He scanned the lined face of the septuagenarian. She was still beautiful, and the wobbly knees had not … Continue reading Remember
Absolved
The waves lapped at the shore and she wondered how long she had until the boat arrived. More important than that, how long she had till she reached the other side undetected. The camouflage was perfect and the documents well-faked. A deep fog did not let her see what’s coming or going. It gave her … Continue reading Absolved
A Cherita
she swears aggression when she just asserts, she is blamedfor being aggressive a rose by any name smells as sweetonly if you dissolve your identityunderplay other aspects putrid patriarchynormalizes mental abusefragrance struggles to make itself felt condescending approachnot forgiven; not forgotten she swears revenge MTB: Cherishing the Cherita
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #309
Welcome back! PROMPT #309 - OPPOSITES The picture above depicts our theme for the week but is not the prompt. I scanned the net for poems on Opposites and was stuck at two brilliant lines, in a poem by Dzejnieks. It's just... Me sipping through dimensions.Both so different I consider them almost parallel. You can … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #309
Fractals
Fascinated by the snowflake that landed on her glove, she decides to venture out of the room. She takes out her magnifying glass to see the intricate pattern where each branch of the snowflake had smaller branches that looked similar to the whole. She wonders if this is for real, and how far this detail … Continue reading Fractals
Fleeting
joyflickering lightday and night touchfleeting momentscome and go capturefor posteritymemories of bliss W3 Prompt #83
Fragrance
Snow, sunshine, dewdrops or rainbowFlowers will always find a place to growNurture them when they grow in your heartPreservation for posterity is a tough art Flowers will always find a place to growwater them with hope; keep them wholepreservation for posterity is a tough artperfumers crush them to extract the soul water them with hope; … Continue reading Fragrance
