Reena’s Xploration Challenge #241

Welcome back! PROMPT #241 A single line prompt for this week - The only ghost that scares is a past version of you. Write whatever pops up in mind. There is no restriction on length or format of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you wish to be featured in the Weekly … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #241

Believable Magic

I need to make a pointI take a dramatic stanceto state the obvious-how impoverishedis the acceptance ofwhat’s realwhat’s natural… It takes storiesto speak your mindfictional charactersare more acceptablethan an individual Who has a rightto be uniqueor different?God's own creationor a figment ofImagination I’m the protagonistI’m the storyI’m the writerYet, I play with the pentill it … Continue reading Believable Magic

Goodbye, yellow brick road

ADVENTUREBreak the alphabetto write a new spellingthis one is skewedwith U creeping in betweenIt’s UR ventureI see callow cadetsbrandishing bayonetsshowing crowdsthe only path to success Goodbye, yellow brick roadI retreatto write my own storywhere words are notdefined by bibliophilesredefining saps meI’d rather reinventyour norms defiednot deified It doesn’t matterif roads are blue or red-it’s energy … Continue reading Goodbye, yellow brick road

Horror

watch the orange orb go down reluctantlyas if it is still thirstyto swallow the sky darkening skies terrorize me with secretsnot knowing what to expectI shut eyes to sleep hope I don't dream of glistening silver swordsdrop like comets in the nightto tear me apart it has been the longest day ever - waiting-warriors on … Continue reading Horror

Oomph

tik-tok sound of stilettosand everything it carriescaptures hearts you gather appreciationwith a stolen glancetilt of the neck,then walk awaywrapped in vanity hoping to leavetrails of bleeding hearts they are busy admiringthe next model on the ramp https://dversepoets.com/2022/07/25/quadrille-155/

Blocks

perspectivesblock stunning beauty-interestsfeel threatenedtry to darken rising sunsfall flat on their face Written for What Do You See hosted by Sadje

Afterthoughts

holding upraises a questionFor whom, Why?keep burningto light up alien worlds-not nurture myself barriersmelting away, yetI don't likewhat I seeeternity taken forgranted - will slip by drop a partof my torched versionlet them knowit's not fairto assume fire only glowsit consumes itself https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2022/07/21/reenas-xploration-challenge-240/

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #240

Welcome back to a world which did not change, despite the solar flare and a cracked magnetic field! We go with a collage prompt this week, which was not done for a long time. PROMPT #140 There is no restriction on length or format of the piece. There is no last date either, unless you … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #240

Genetics

that twitch of an eyea broken smile….Why does it giveA feel that I know it? Who smiled like this decades ago?Who reacted like this toimagined provocations?Who just stopped short of waraverted altercations?It’s another eraIt’s another generation... Certain things I likeSome certainly I don’t..Yet can’t deny….the power of genetics.. Do perpetrators knowwhat’s being unleashedAre they in … Continue reading Genetics

Miracles

miracles astoundminiscule changes occurevery moment - butgo unnoticed - truth profoundfutures are built underground https://amanpan.com/2022/07/19/eugis-weekly-prompt-astounding-july-19-2022/