perfectionunimagined loveexpressed throughcreativeeffort- exquisite is workof man or nature Moonwashed Weekly Prompt
Gifts
Tact
“I always call a spade a spade, take it or leave it”, hisses my firebrand sister and leaves the room. To each her own. She has changed three jobs in the last two years and been in and out of relationships ever since her teens. I must confess she is often right on logical and … Continue reading Tact
Lost truths
Its presence feels almost treacherous - overarching the turbulence within me, but inert. I assume it is afraid of my immeasurable depth. Who wants to get lost and lie at the bottom of the ocean, waiting to be excavated by a diver or submarine? I fear its density and compactness, its capacity to hold secrets … Continue reading Lost truths
Immortality
A popular film director Ismail Merchant gave his reasons for getting married on a talk show. “When people visit your house, they ask how many children you have. They don’t ask how much money you have earned?” Unfortunately, he died of a cardiac problem before he could get married. dreams unfulfilledchildren unbornso good, so badonly … Continue reading Immortality
A mother laments
It’s torturous to see my little onegrow up, mingle with crowdswith no distinguishing feature-one whose birth felt momentousMy gift to the world looks like othersbereft of luster Weekend Writing Prompt
Standing up again
stabbedin the backI winced with pain; thenused the knife to cut chords - walkfree Lucky Dip at MLMM
In my end is my beginning
Hi, Laura Thanks for the very different prompt. This is easy and tough at the same time. Endings feel so appropriate in the tired and jaded mindset I am in at this late hour. I confess I cheated a little - chose the last two lines from my poems and put them together. Let me … Continue reading In my end is my beginning
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #259
Welcome to December! We have reached the last leg of the 2022 journey. RXC will take a two week break in the second half of December. None of us are disheartened at the end of the year. We celebrate and ring in the New Year with great fanfare. There's always hope that the next year … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #259
Incomplete
I live alone in fear of arguments, and I sing alone in fear of dissonance, but please do not judge me. I write but do not publish, so that uninitiated readers may not disturb the rhythm with uncalled for comments. Yet, the meter of my verse feels incomplete; it speaks but lacks validation. There are … Continue reading Incomplete
Silhouettes
Silhouettes - the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible in restricted light against a brighter background. It’s not just a dictionary meaning. It represents the underground presence, hushed voices, crushed identities that lie beneath a story. They are the ones who created the outline, but disappeared either voluntarily or were compelled to … Continue reading Silhouettes
