Paradelle – A Bridge to Nowhere

Can someone build a bridge to nowhere?Can someone build a bridge to nowhere?Escape from the sounds of daily routinesEscape from the sounds of daily routinesI long to hear a voice from the unknowncarrying a new language and devices to read Can someone fill the chasm between cultures?Can someone fill the chasm between cultures?Enlighten mindsets with … Continue reading Paradelle – A Bridge to Nowhere

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #354

Welcome to a night of celebrations, whether you are Trick-or-Treating or Diwali meeting-and-eating! Diwali always falls on a New Moon night, and people light lamps and burst crackers to obliterate the darkness. It also celebrates the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, gods over demons and so on. On Halloween (as far as … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #354

Terminus

Two-timing winds sweep across seasonsI wrap a shawl around my shouldersas tourists camera-chase a moving beastdark-listing swift leopards as they smile atomnipresent, boring barasinghas The forest is no easy place to bewhen clouds shield a late-coming sunI stretch my palms to see what I can catchStreaming down between the leavesI catch nothing more than disappointmentetched … Continue reading Terminus

Untruth

I give in to your whims;break a promise to me.For being just myself… I walk bowed downwith the burdenof a contaminated identityit cracks up any momentthe world thinksI’m fakeinconsistent. They’re rightthe only truthIs authenticity Quadrille at dVerse

Sparks

In the heart of night, a spark ignites,A flame of anger, burning bright.Who will quell this fiery blaze,And bring calm to stormy days? Not the rain, with its gentle touch,Nor the wind, though it blows so much.For anger’s fire, fierce and wild,Needs more than nature’s soothing mild. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kezY7C_XMgU What Do You See #260

The Chauvinist

Aaargh! This excruciating pain gnaws at me againI need to prove I’m not an ovary, not a uterusI’m more than the sum of my body partsAnd that rascal who said, “For whom do you dress or undress?”did not know I would explode under duressin different ways, in diverse streamsto become a goddess, wear talent, and … Continue reading The Chauvinist

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #353

Welcome back! PROMPT #353 We have an image prompt this week. Source: Pixabay Description of the image: The sun is shining with the word TRUTH emblazoned on it. Down here, a man walks with a lantern and an umbrella printed with the word UN-BELIEF. His shadow falls on the ground ahead. The format of the … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #353