Reena’s Xploration Challenge #235

PROMPT #235 Welcome back! We have a collage this week. 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 Wrap.  Any post that is found to be offensive, vulgar or something that hurts common sensibilities will not be … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #235

At the stroke of midnight

Wake up and move on … plan your day well …for nothing will change at the stroke of midnight The sun will rise, chirping birds declare a new day … a cluster of souls around you … will you know if they are the same ones … from heaven or hell Will that really matter, … Continue reading At the stroke of midnight

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #234

Welcome to a change in season! Human temperaments seem to change throughout the year, as we witness an increase in abnormal behavior. Can isolation be a reason? I came across a clip from an old movie "Cast Away". The protagonist who finds himself alone on an island, starts talking to a ball and names the … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #234

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #233

Welcome back! RXC PROMPT #233 ravaged inner spaceunable to account forentries and exitswho came, who destroyed, who left?a soul transformed forever 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 Wrap.  Any post that is found to be … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #233

Island

I’m curious to know what the island thinks.  Does it feel complete in itself, or longs for connection? Is it the lack of connectedness that lends to a feeling of being self-sufficient? Ignorance is bliss. What happens when external influence reaches its shore? a desire to move driven by attraction of external appeal I want … Continue reading Island

Anxiety

The prompt line I chose Not trying to brag or anything, but I can wake up without an alarm clock now simply due to my crippling and overwhelming anxiety, so… My take subconscious thoughts conquer with unseen tentaclesI'm on a leash, can't break away from dark shacklesI change the technique, I change my spectaclesdarkness turns … Continue reading Anxiety

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #232

Welcome back! I'm taking a slight detour from the usual method of concocting prompts. I used an online prompt generator, and found four interesting sentences. PROMPT #232 I’m going to defeat you with the power of friendship! ... And this knife I found. I’m sick and tired of being called 'mortal' like, you don’t know … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #232

Reena’s Xploration Challenge #231

Welcome back! We are in the midst of a heat wave, and a parched earth awaits the relief of showers from the sky. But is life always about waiting for something else to happen? Do we stop to converse with ourselves? PROMPT #231 I ask you for two minutes of your valuable time. Listen to … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #231

None prettier than her

Touch them lovingly, be as gentle as you can Each figurine comes from my favorite woman She is a magician, an artist at heart She pulls joy from a hat, no sleeves to conceal Each figurine comes from my favorite woman She's a miracle, magicians embarrassed She pulls joy from a hat, no sleeves to … Continue reading None prettier than her

Breaking Mirrors

I watch with disbelief unidentifiable pieces of a splintered self mock and challenge like ten heads of Raavan never at peace with each other I search for the base on which rest pieces of a damaged psyche Re-engineering too needs a logic in the face of bullets flying from all sides I redefine the self … Continue reading Breaking Mirrors