Magpie

Posted on by Reena Saxena

harbinger of stories carrying a reputation on its delicate back -a magpie struggles to stay afloat in air mimicking humans lest the burden of luck good or bad brings it down -what is natural to it is a fable for others ironies of life…. https://scvincent.com/2019/09/26/thursday-photo-prompt-harbinger-writephoto/

Up, up and up….

Posted on by Reena Saxena

a tiny hope to overshadow the Sun acquires gigantic proportions   I wake up energized, ready to take on the world ground beneath my feet slips like sand lashing waves topple dreams   I’ve no wings yet something sprouts internally taking me up, up and up….. Is this what you call the stratosphere? https://scvincent.com/2019/09/19/thursday-photo-prompt-murmur-writephoto/

Deception

Posted on by Reena Saxena

bareness stretches to share hollow secrets with stark branches remembering lush green foliage that once adorned   golden beams smile knowing – colors will change with every season, every dawn vain reflections know not they are not real   the Lord and Master rests with a promise to return handing over batons to its beloved … Continue reading Deception

Dilemmas eternal

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I can touch the sun and not get burnt but rainbows distract   should I create history or give in to impulse? How should I act?   dilemmas eternal - the sun winks at me rainbows display eclat   my palm extended I want to hold them both but the mirror cracks…. https://scvincent.com/2019/08/22/thursday-photo-prompt-mirror-writephoto/

It could be God

Posted on by Reena Saxena

“It’s the same silhouette again, which appears every evening.” “How do you know it’s the same one?” “I’ve been watching it from childhood, and seen it grow old. It walks exactly the same distance from one end to another, in my visibility range.” “Now I know… “, Sara sighed as if pitying my ignorance. “What … Continue reading It could be God

Stone-walled

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Stone walled in the chamber I live - ignoring open windows   I heard aeons ago stories of a mirage lessons that got etched in stone   I choose rock-hard security over hints of fresh air changing the horizon   prisoner of my own mindset I’m afraid of being cheated – once again https://scvincent.com/2019/08/08/thursday-photo-prompt-within-writephoto/

Somewhere there

Posted on by Reena Saxena

let’s hitch a ride to other side of nowhere Hope lives somewhere there   nature beckons me foggy paths strewn with shadows arches to welcome   determination drives – and my dreams take care of happiness – somewhere there https://scvincent.com/2019/08/01/thursday-photo-prompt-destination-writephoto/