stories have a way of repeating themselveswhen writers have relinquished all rightscharacters not only rule but change formthey write new stories disowned by authors I don’t know who these people arewhy should they do whatever they dowhy do they provoke suppressed ragewhy do they dig long-forgotten graves mere sketches in ink holding spadesis that a … Continue reading Characters and Stories
hollownessacquires shapeshe carries her lifeon wispy shoulderseach whiff of smokesolidifies into gritshe keeps movingon foggy pathsunsure of the ground beneathbut seeing her limitsin the sky What Do You See?
We used to feed a stray cat, Kitty, who loved to spend long hours on our couch or carpet. I learned that cats can trust when she delivered under our bed and made us parents. We were busy raising three kittens for the next five months, and each one of them taught us a different … Continue reading Hunter, FM and Chhotu
Life is not a jigsaw puzzle to be solved. But putting together pieces of what actually happened and how I would have liked them to be compel a lot of reflection. Because there is a why attached to every conclusion. The preceding observations and hypotheses jump into the picture. Sadly, the frameworks or contexts where … Continue reading Moving goalposts
This picture reminded me of a disaster in North India, where 41 workers were trapped in a tunnel that caved in. It took a village of tunnelling experts and 17 days to rescue all of them. Find details here. Let it not be the last timeyou walk inside tunnelsand hold a beacon your entry starts … Continue reading Let it not be the last time
It’s only a sliceto sell a flavor of lifea morsel of thoughtnot all truthsavour the depthbefore it meltsinto gut of the universe It’s only a momentto reflect the wholea tint of the rainbownot the skytake a viewbefore you detachfrom words in story-verse Puzzle This - Saturday Mix at MLMM
-unreachable bottom-undulating waves-constructed thoughtscrashing on a worldmade by someone else-oceanic depthsof human mindsconsume life Weekend Writing Prompt #342
I am the lucky one from all sides of the family, in not being diabetic. My mother had osteoporosis and suffered from a lot of pain, but no hypertension or diabetes in 82 years. I’m inclined to believe that these two health issues will not affect me. However, my three sisters-in-law (who are all diabetics) … Continue reading Not a diabetic
Welcome back to the last Challenge of 2024! PROMPT #311 Time is a continuum, ongoing in nature. Yet, at the end of the calendar year, we step over a man-made threshold. Merriment is the flavor of the season, yet on New Year, we do reflect on the year passed by. Well, you may have guessed … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #311
Today, I attended a webinar where the author of Rising Together, Sally Helgesen was the keynote speaker. She repeated her formula for success Success = Capability + Visibility + Connections It makes me wonder if anti-matter appears to be the loser for being invisible, despite having the capability and connections. And the connections to matter … Continue reading Anti-matter
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