She carries something inside herIt makes her eyes glow in the dark like secrets of the unknown worlds-between planets-between lifetimes She is the author of all talesbeyond life; beyond fantasy like assumptions shaping stories-between mindsets-between narratives She is the supreme temptationwho invites, only to stand apart Like a diaphanous veil-between the Universe and me-between the … Continue reading Between worlds
unheard, but testingexcruciatinginternal conversationsfollow everywherecatch me unawareare not hallucinations sometimes lines get blurredemerge word by wordin condensed epiphanyrestructured thoughts fightdefault black and whiteembrace greys, change destiny Tanka Tuesday No. 86 - Poetry Challenge by Melissa Lemay - Alouette
She stubbornly refused to let the kids go out. She insisted they were allergic to sunlight. “You’ve returned after decades. Only I know how I’ve raised them.” He couldn’t gather the courage to talk about his amnesia. He did not recall having a family, but was learning to accept them. He often wondered what made … Continue reading Overlaps
Don’t break my heart.It learned your shape in the park,and has called it home ever since. Don’t break my heart.Blood may map the past,but your touch named my world. Don’t break my heart.One hug eclipsed ancestryand made a future out of skin and light. The physiology of touch and love outweighs genealogy – anytime, anywhere. … Continue reading Physiology of Maternal Love
reading between linessilence accentuates wordsthe search never endsunpeeling magnificenceor layers of a psychereveal mundane surprises OLN #417 Art by Rene Magritte - The Son of Man borrowed from Wikiart
Success conceals unpleasant truths. Edited highlights make it difficult for anyone to raise a finger, as the accuser lives in mortal fear of vociferous attacks by the servile majority. But the dark shadows need to be acknowledged before being swallowed by Time. The crowds compel a passing vehicle to drive into a cesspool, and the … Continue reading Unscathed
The dictionary kept fluttering, page after page surrendering its words to the hacker’s search, but failed to find a match with my splintered self – numbers and characters slipped between alphabets. “Don’t make yourself too predictable, Kiara, not because the world is watching, but because the world is always searching for a clean definition, a … Continue reading Unpredictable
Welcome back! PROMPT #451 The challenge this week is to look within. Describe yourself, your life or both in a paragraph of 6-10 sentences. Use it as a prompt to generate an AI image or a logo. Alternatively, you can use Suno to create a song. Share the text if you wish to. Sharing only … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #451
tears well up from unknown depthsbloodstreams try to gaugeeverything that crawls under my skinthe “ghuttan” of volcanoes insidethe “qasak” of unsaid words health monitors fluctuateon a wild hunt for “qaraar”drop down in exhaustionYet refuse to flatten the lineThere’s more to come…. W3 Poetry Prompt #232
Aerial banyan rootsgive in to gravityfind pockets in the earthplant their thickening shapeslike sorrow calcifiedinto destiny Ruins of Istanbuldo not let memories fadecitizens embrace it as identityHuzun – a collective melancholyto consecrate yearningfor past glory Quadrille Monday at dVerse P.S. Hüzün” is a Turkish noun meaning sadness, melancholy, sorrow, or deep emotional gloom, originating from … Continue reading Huzun
