Reena’s Xploration Challenge #232

Reena Saxena

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

1. I’m going to defeat you with the power of friendship! … And this knife I found.
2. I’m sick and tired of being called ‘mortal’ like, you don’t know that. Neither do I. I have never died even ONCE. Nothing has been proven yet. Stop making assumptions. It’s rude.
3. Some of you may die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.
4. 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…

There is no compulsion to use one of these lines as a theme for your piece, though you may choose to do so. Just mention the line chosen before you start your piece.

Alternatively, you can come…

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Sadgi/Simplicity

Anita's Perspectives on Life.

Jhoothi shan ke dam per jeene wale,

Jindagy ki sadgi ko Kaise samjhenge!

Jhuthi taaliyon per khush hone wale,

Dil se nikli duaon ko kya samjhenge!!

Jinki jindagy kat gai dikhawa Karne me,

Vo dil ki gehraiyon ko kya samjhenge!

Koi samjhana chah ke bhi na smajha paega,

Vo rishton ki názakat ko kya samjhenge!!

💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞​​💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞

People living on false pride,

Can’t understand the simplicity of life!

Those who rejoice in false bottoms,

Can’t understand the prayers coming from the heart!!

Those who spent life in show off,

They can’t understand the depth of heart!

No one will be able to explain them,

They can’t understand the fragility of relations!!

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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #200 — Every Little Thing

https://shareandconnect.wordpress.com/2022/05/21/three-birds

Ronovan Writes Sijo Wednesday Poetry Challenge #11. Excitement

https://ronovanwrites.com/2022/05/25/ronovan-writes-sijo-wednesday-poetry-challenge

Use-excitement-as-your-inspiration-this-week.

As an adult, we lack the excitement we felt in childhood

Whatever we collected on the sea beach was our treasure

With age comes the wisdom of valuing everything by its cost

Eugi’s Weekly Prompt – Intertwined – May 24, 2022

https://amanpan.blog/2022/05/24/eugis-weekly-prompt-intertwined-may-24-2022

any relationship

intertwined with love

is a win-win situation

if it fails

you experienced love

at least

if you win

what more

can

you ask for

Expectations Unmet

Reena Saxena

A sharp turn on the road, and I lose sight of you.

I’ve never liked your ways of manipulating visibility. You appear, disappear and reappear at will. The manner and mode can change. It leaves so much open to interpretation. Do I need to travel to find you at some other turn? And succeed only if you’ve not changed color, shape and form.

Magical, yes. Actually much more than that. Your name suggests that you should always be transparent, above board. Fingers of accusation or suspicion cannot be raised on you.

Maybe, you are not at fault. Maybe, someone else twists you out of shape.

But aren’t you supposed to stand for yourself, to facilitate things for others?

Your name is Truth. You are nothing less than the ultimate.

Written for

https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/05/23/what-do-you-see-135-may-23-2021/

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Reena’s Xploration Challenge#231

https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2022/05/19/reenas-xploration-challenge-231

I am a loner.

Is this a curse or a bliss?

Am I right or wrong?

Should I change my attitude,

to fit into society?

https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/05/16/what-do-you-see-134-may-16-2022

Breaking Mirrors

Reena Saxena

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
 
but the logic shifts
every time
I try to justify the stance
of a particular piece
I break the mirror
let battles rage
 
Peace is something I fear
 
-It will reveal fallibility
of a thought process
I take pride in
-It will take away
my guns pointed at others
the power I revel in
 
Harmony scares
 
enemies might come together
to wage new battles again
compelling a new stance
a justification dance
as accusations
continue to rain
 
I’ll break the mirror
many more times


https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2022/05/16/what-do-you-see-134-may-16-2022/

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Reena’s Xploration Challenge #230

https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2022/05/12/reenas-xploration-challenge-230/

Prompt #230

Treat the two images as two stages, and write about what happened in between. You can change the order as you wish, or even add more stages in between.

missing our heated discussions

agreeing

disagreeing

over

cups of tea or coffee

hot snacks

after

meeting was over

warm handshakes

hugs

promises of meeting again

now

everything is virtual

still

more success

can’t

replace the

flavor 

of

one to one

meetings

The lightning tree

luna's on line

We called it the lightning tree. Stunted and blackened it stood resolute, stark against the moon-bright night, while shooting stars circled wildly over the soft, velvet plain. Here we farmed, here cattle roamed over long-stemmed grass and here we were happy.

but drought-stricken land
thirsted for seven summers:
grass withered, we fled.

The lightning tree still stands, its final branch fallen, the stars the only witnesses. Finally, the rains return, falling softly, pattering on the parched land, washing over sun-bleached rocks and the desolate dried-up plain.

the ground drinks deeply
yellow and pink flowers bloom
but no-one will see.

The lightning tree still stands, but no-one sees but the stars.

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Image credit: Tasos Mansour @ Unsplash
The image shows a crooked tree with bare branches. In the background stars in the sky can be seen forming streaks in a circular fashion.

Written in response to Sadje‘s What Do You See…

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