Reena’s Xploration Challenge #217

Welcome to another week of creativity! PROMPT #217 The line to stoke your imagination this week is "Everything about her was a lie...." You are free to incorporate the line in your piece, or just use it as a theme. There is no restriction on length or format of the piece. There is no last … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #217

Graveyards

wherever I go, I hear the same sounds voices in a head, articulated of people long dead, they lie underground emanating from an old mind unsound unhappy, with no aim - just frustrated wherever I go, I hear the same sounds I fumble with words just to get around throw away all those decades outdated … Continue reading Graveyards

Be a just world

you are all-pervasive but why should I feel small if the temple stands tall? Part of the whole... I may look up at you but I'm enough a soul just in different roles -Complementing change the conversation rewrite devotion songs which kill spirits for long -dwarfing, shaking confidence to look up make them easy fodder … Continue reading Be a just world

Little Birdie

Quadrille at dVerse today by Mish birds on my window sill wait for clouds to clear they will then fly to nibble at the sky taste remnants of clouds and come back to peck at crumbs I offer…. I feel so honored, little birdie to be part of your infinity

How much?

so much to doother than lists-no assurancehow long I'll live-Give me a clueDeath! how much timewill you give me? https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/02/07/what-do-you-see-120-february-7-2022/

Motherhood

Somy has parted with her second baby today - to another set of parents, who are in fact her baby’s biological parents.  She thinks of the baby’s softness around her bosom  and cries again.  “Forgive me, my child …. it’s the only option I have to escape abject poverty.” She wonders aloud if what she … Continue reading Motherhood

Condolence

Doctors let out ‘inside news’ about the health status of a celebrity. She may not survive another day. Quick recovery wishes float in before it gets too late. Leaders record condolence messages. She breathes again. Whose turn is it to be flummoxed? Written for Sammi's Weekend Writing Prompt

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #216

Welcome back! PROMPT #216 CHARACTER SKETCH We have an image here, but the task is not just to write a story or poem about the picture or spirit of the picture. You need to imagine this as a character in a story plot, and write about her. Give her a name.Mention the geography she lives … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #216

One of many seasons – Ko

Season -             Eternity It is the only truth, till apocalypse Micro-season or Ko - Epiphany It is the moment you really start living Senryu humanity finds forbidden territories taste eternity Me- I’m here only because Lisa allowed an imaginary season to be painted. Physically, I live in a place … Continue reading One of many seasons – Ko

Storm

It is a night unlike another. Tomorrow could see him taking off for greener pastures or pulled back in the same cesspool. The appointment letter is in hand, but his family is not happy about his emigration to another country. The skies are dark gray and laden with clouds. A storm is expected to hit … Continue reading Storm