diwali brightensthe darkest night of the yearheart-warming visitsmessages from kith and kinlove enough to last winters 24 Seasons Syllabic Poetry Challenge
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What are you looking for?
Halloween and Ouija boards bring up so much. I almost empathize with the soul’s struggle to express itself without a voice. Ouch! It lost its vocal cords, but not its vision and need for expression. I am grateful to be a soul in a physical existence, with a clear or unclear objective – to experience … Continue reading What are you looking for?
Deep inside
God, show me your faceI want to believe in youdon't peep through flowersshow your art; jump from the skystraight into my doubting heartI hear the heartbeat louder Sunday Confessionals
Behind the scenes
loud mind-beats disrupt quietEach person wondering…What are others pondering?A dollar for your thoughtslet me sell you something, but what? strategy wrapped as ideology?business disguised as a revolution?unsheathed hunger for powercleverly masked as a savior? devices, apps are only toolsyou don’t see you are wiredyou press fake buttons to playfollow our commands to staywithin the periphery … Continue reading Behind the scenes
Outside a temple
standing outside a templeI watch the faithfulrush in and rush out-Peace eludes I march onin search of warby the righteousagainst manipulation I call Godhear no thunderjust a recorded messagethe number you dialleddoes not exist traffic jamsoutside the templeintensify-Peace eludes Weekend Writing Prompt
On a writer’s grave
I look around for a wandering soulincomplete dreams; life not so wholeI offer silent tears; hoping he hearsPeople stood for him; he was not alone He put life on the line to achieve a goalsentenced to death for a rebel’s roleHe stood for freedom; but a neo-monarchyaccused him of treacherous anarchy He was a writer; … Continue reading On a writer’s grave
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #305
Welcome back! PROMPT #305 The prompt this week is a collage. You are free to use any one or all elements as a muse to write your piece. Bonus points if you can weave the elements together in a theme. There is no restriction on format of the piece. There is no last date either, … Continue reading Reena’s Xploration Challenge #305
Walk Out
The final walkout was not liberation. It was the realization that she had left doors open for manipulators. She disrespected herself by believing flaky promises, and catering to his desire for control. She felt a surge of relief, a burst of freedom, a spark of joy. She felt like she had reclaimed her life, re-discovered … Continue reading Walk Out
Turning a Page
Talk about a damp squib, and it was Year 2000 – or Y2K as we called it then. The techies worked overnight to ensure that systems didn’t fail, and we partied away the night with cake, champagne, music and dance. After all, it was the turn of the century, and we wouldn’t live to see … Continue reading Turning a Page
Wisdom of Insanity
Science should not conclude that what we do not know, does not exist', Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev says Sadhguru in his interview with Steven Pinker, experimental psychologist and author. I would modify it slightly to say that what we do not accept, does not exist. It happens every time we decry a story being peddled by an … Continue reading Wisdom of Insanity
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