It has been here for such a long time
No one remembers what it looked like
Time and its ravages has crumbled the beauty
Which adorned the statue’s face long time ago
But it still represented what people revered
A persona which was faceless but was the embodiment
Of all the qualities which were admired by the people
In response to;
A Prompt by Hélène Valiant
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The top cat
He had to assert his authority
He had to make his point clear
All arrogant and full of conceit
The shy girl
Listening with deceptive calm
She has a will of her own she hides
Appearing to concede but not really
The innocent bystander
He hangs around, he eavesdrops
Keeping his opinions to himself
Waiting for his moment to come
They all are acting in the drama
That is life, each playing their role
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The box sat on the table, unopened. It has been sitting here for some time now. Molly got it for her birthday and it’s a gift from her eldest son, Emanuel.
Why hasn’t it been opened yet?
Family and friends ask this question.
Molly just smiles her slightly mischievous smile and shakes her head in reply.
Intriguing, one would say.
Justin, Molly’s husband knows the reason. He would let you on the secret if you ask him. Obviously somewhere Molly cannot listen in.
She knows it’s a perfume which Emanuel and his wife had sent to her on her birthday. And it is one of her favorite one. But it arrived a day too late. So she hasn’t opened it because it wasn’t her birthday that day. She plans to open it on her next birthday. She takes things a little too literally you see and on the box it said, ” please open it on your birthday”!
In response to;
A prompt by Hélène Valiant
#keepitalive
#whatdoyousee
We are from the nature and we will return to it
It all fits together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle
Like an eternal cycle we move in this universal theme
Disintegrating, reforming then falling apart to get together again
In response to;
A prompt by Hélène Vaillant
#keepitalive
#whatdoyousee
She was hurting. The arthritis in her knees was so bad that it was difficult to climb even one step. But every day, she would go up these steep, perilous steps. Every single day without break. People marveled at her perseverance and asked her why she did it. Why was the plant growing on top of the tower so important that she would take this hike without fail. She just smiled a sad smile and went about her business.
Then one day she didn’t come. Her daily visits were so punctual that one could set one’s watch by them, and her absence was noticed by all. They went to her home and found it empty. Concern for her safety rose to the level that they searched everywhere in the small town for her. But she wasn’t to be found anywhere. In the end they decided to look at the top of the tower where the flower was growing. A hardy gentleman was given this task. With lot of huffing and puffing he climbed the stone stairs and got to the top. There she was. Laying as if asleep. When he lifted her hand it was lifeless. And the flower was dead too. It looked as if the two were joined in spirit. The death of one meant the death of the other.
There are now many stories why the old woman used to tend the flower on the top of the tower, but nobody knows for sure. The secret died with the old lady.
In response to;
A prompt by Hélène Valiant
#keepitalive
#whatdoyousee
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There is something so wonderful about the innocence of a child
They would close their eyes and think no one can see them
Here he was standing behind a tree
Not even half hidden but thinking he was
Can you hear his joyful and lively shout
I am hiding, can you see me!
In response to ;
A prompt by Hélène Valiant
#keepitalive
#whatdoyousee
Like a mother, the nature nurtures us all
Keeps us provided with all the needs of body and soul
If only we can learn to live like a family
This planet will a happy place for us all
Don’t make her angry or sad with your actions
For if she is smiling the world is flourishing too.
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The night sky
Fantastic streaks of lightning light up the night sky
A beautiful explosion of color and bright lights
The majestic beauty and the power of what it can be
Not realized by the human brain and neither visualized
Written in response to;
A Prompt by Helene Valiant
#Keepitalive
#Whatdoyousee
The monks were waiting outside the old monastery . Some were praying and some just worrying. It should have arrived by now, that was the thought upper most in everyone’s mind. Why the delay? What was taking so long?
There was no use, just waiting and worrying. The youngest of them whipped out his cell and called the pizza delivery guy. How long are you going to be?
“Sir I am having trouble locating your place” he said. “The GPS can’t seem to find the location”
Written in response to;
#Keepitalive
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Tuesday Weekly Challenge
March 19, 2019
until Monday, March 25, 2019
He is the spectator, the only one
Looking at the show the universe has arranged
The alignment of the planets, the star studded sky
The Milky Way illuminated from within like diamonds
He stood there bemused and slightly confused
Is this the end he thinks or is this the beginning
The time is standing still or it has yet to begin
The puzzle is too difficult to solve, he thinks
And a mighty nudge from his wife awakens him
The dream dissolving like thin vapor in the sun
He is not sure what he was dreaming of
Just a line is stuck in his mind
The beginning is near
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