Our encounter dear life, fifty years back, Was an appointment between two strangers. Today, after fifty years, I feel bound to admit That, I am honoured by your kinship. It has been an association of fifty years- Of moments sour and sweet. In these years, you have helped me secure A lifetime’s worth of … Continue reading Reflection-on turning 50
Canvas – azure sky. Clouds-illusionary shapes. Bedtime-Grandma’s tales. Copyright @ Goutam Dutta https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2020/08/27/reenas-exploration-challenge-150/ Continue reading Illusions…in childhood
Said the egg to the hen- “When I existed, where were you then?” Hen-“When the rooster took me out on a date, You were a thought within my head. With time, thought crystallised, transition happened.” Copyright @ Goutam Dutta The Chicken and egg situation is well known and while mulling over a related matter, this … Continue reading Transition-A Limerick
In the deserts, Life is tough. The arid landscape Seems to lie in wait For centuries; Famished, Parched, Bereft, Desperate For nourishment. In absence of water, It elicits tears And sweat, Drawing out the tiniest fraction of moisture From every human breath. She had survived; Those little girl years lived In the vicinity of … Continue reading She danced
Azure sky Clouds race Child judges. https://thesoulsearchersite.wordpress.com/2020/08/22/saturday-six-word-story-prompt-6wsp-52-august-22-2020/ Continue reading Judge #6WSP
Nature- Independent, self sustaining, Omnipresent, Changes hues, Intensifies or Pacified, Fierce or mellow, Creates and Destroys. By whose design? Human designs- intricate and complex, Innovations proudly displayed, Technology Designs to simplify things, Supposedly complex. Yet; Unable to comprehend Designs of the human minds! No machines yet designed, To calibrate worth of human values like Empathy, … Continue reading #FOWC Designed to contemplate
She lay wrapped in love. Insides of her coffin lined with love-notes; Notes that they had exchanged, Through many years of their conjugal life. Love had come like a whirlwind; Sweeping her off the feet. Through the marriage and years after that life had been Moments of sheer bliss. Then one day it all ended, … Continue reading #Whatdoyousee Wrapped in Love’s notes
The road adjacent my house has a stray Indie puppy. With a coat that is brown and all fluffy. Every time he sees me walking past, Out he would come, running fast. Then he would flip and show me his smooth tummy! In India, we are a one billion strong population and life just … Continue reading #Limerick Puppy tale
Silhouetted against the evening sky That was rapidly changing shades; From vivid yellow to Shades of grey, He sat. In his hand he held balloons Fitted with twinkling lights; Lights that blinked; Sometimes slow, Sometimes rapid, Evidently to soar A child’s spirit. The balloon seller boy Gaped at the balloons with pride and admiration. The … Continue reading Ambition
Fairies and witches. Goblins and elfs. Kings and queens. Childhood dreams. Prince and Princess. Captivity in castles. Dragons and Demons. Grandma’s tales, rapt attention. The childhood is Now but a memory. Growing up is, but a chore. Reality has, other things in store. Copyright @ Goutam Dutta Eugi’s Weekly Word Prompt – “Fairy” August … Continue reading Fairies-No More
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