insightswrite a story-she just walked outof the housewheeling a suitcasesans memories Reena's Xploration Challenge #338
Walking Out: A Story of Leaving the Past Behind
Finale
In the quaint village of Solitude, nestled among ancient oaks, lived an elderly librarian named Eamon. His days were woven with the delicate threads of books—their whispers, their secrets. Eamon revelled in the vicissitudes of fortune that each volume held. One day, a rare manuscript surfaced—a map to a hidden library beyond the moon’s reach. … Continue reading Finale
Capricious capers on Baba Vanga’s predictions
I came across a couple of 2024 predictions by Baba Vanga, a renowned Bulgarian mystic and clairvoyant. After reading your prompt, the one that caught my attention was a famine due to an overpopulated planet bursting at the seams. It is a possible resource crunch after having mindlessly squandered away precious resources. But is it … Continue reading Capricious capers on Baba Vanga’s predictions
Limitations
The train clattered along the tracks… She tried to decipher the sound but only inserted words into the clickety-clack. We fool ourselves by saying that the universe sends us messages. With the multiple blocks we carry lifelong, we let in only the messages that fit in with our preconceived notions. Will the mind ever open … Continue reading Limitations
Light’s Eternal Dance
Light, after a brief pause, makes itself known,Welcomed as dawn—a fresh beginningBut what if it were ever-present, never gone?Endless light, no night—a perpetual day.Imagine Earth bathed in unending brights,No sinking sun behind the horizon’s flow.Blackout curtains would be our daily woe,We celebrate the Sun’s inadequacy, you know. Moon and stars, invisible to our sight,Claim omnipresence … Continue reading Light’s Eternal Dance
Reena’s Xploration Challenge#338
Welcome back to another buzzing week! The Weekly Wrap for last week is given below. But I can't resist making a special mention of the contribution from Michelle Navajas Life’s A Kaleidoscope colors swirl,each hue a tale whispered by the universe.morning dawns in a blaze of saffron gold,awakening the slumbering earth, brushing away the night’s … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge#338
Unconsumed
A farmer thanks God in two words before he goes to bed and is rated as the Best Disciple by God. A preacher stakes his claim to the title, and God decides to give him a test. “Run ten miles before the ice cream in your hand melts.” After successfully completing the task, the preacher … Continue reading Unconsumed
Find me a space
Find me a space in darkness.Where solitude reigns no accusatory fingers0r oblique glancesfilled with hatrednot for what I dobut for what I am-differentfrom what they are Find me a window into spaceWhere I hang alone Neither an astronaut’s fameNor mythological talesDisturb the bliss of beingjust beingnot fitting intopredetermined structures Find me shapeshifting anglesTo accommodate me … Continue reading Find me a space
Escape
day's darknessswept away in theeventideglow ride-dreamspromise light during the nightglorious escape Moonwashed Weekly Prompt - Eventide Glow
Cinderella’s Slipper
The celebration party is in full swing. Business heads claim credit for this quarter's record-breaking sales and thank their bosses for their support. The single shoe in police custody wonders if the unwarranted publicity has helped. It’s not much fun being the modern version of Cinderella’s glass slipper when the nation is hunting for the … Continue reading Cinderella’s Slipper
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