Welcome to a new week! I thoroughly enjoyed reading every entry in last week's Xploration Challenge. Certain things were known, and certain things were a revelation. But it gives great pleasure to know each one of you at a deeper level. The exercise reminded me of Tolstoy's quote. A man is like a fraction whose … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #452
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
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
Welcome again and I will keep welcoming you... PROMPT #450 Here are two images for you to ponder on. Choose any one or both to inspire you. It will strike a chord with women, but I would like to see male perspectives on these images 🙂 There is no restriction on the length of the … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #450
There is someone still alive in that castle, who has watched people die. The walls are silent with echoes of footsteps long gone, and the air is heavy with secrets. Each window frames a memory—faces of people long gone pressed against glass, pleading for escape. The survivor moves like a shadow, carrying the burden of … Continue reading Who wants to meet me?
wardrobes mutate; homes furnished cosyreceding Sun; icy windsreminders starker than bare brancheswhispering tearful goodbyes-Roll on, tiptoe on laid down pathwaysfor we have no choice Tanka Tuesday No. 84
She is no babe-in-the-woods. The internet and AI connect her to the world outside. She has friends, opinions, critics …. not necessarily in the same order. The family keeps warning her of the perils of over-exposure, and home is touted as the safest place in the world. A cryptic post from her, “Do people outside … Continue reading Discovery trip
A solemn voice declares that times have changed, and so has democracy, Our words need to be respected, because we are the keepers of national interest. Everything that the opposition leaders say is hokum. Weekend Writing Prompt #487
