24 Poems ~ 24 Hours
Today i started something
I’ve never done this before
i am determined to finish it
I can’t expect the quality to be there
But i know that the quantity will be there
sometimes the muse is there
sometimes they have left me behind
i feel like a sponge
extracted of all of its juice
left with nothing the last vestiges
of whatever was soaking in the sink
i am determined to finish
How is it
That we walked down the same aisle
But I came alone
And no one batted an eyelid
But when she came
There was a procession,
Everyone’s breaths hitched
I felt a slight twitch of jealousy
At all the grandeur
It was my day too after all
And then…
I saw her
The radiant smile
The waving out to the guests
The little dance she because why not?
We wore the same colours
Yet she looked better
Better than I’d ever seen her before
More beautiful than I’d ever had time to notice
That’s when I realised
No, today isn’t about both of us
It’s all about her
And always will be
And I didn’t mind anymore
My envy was replaced by fulfillment
That I was the one making her feel and look this way
That I was the reason behind her radiance
And I swore there and then
To always be that source
To always keep that radiance intact
To always make her feel this important
In response to text prompt number 15
Here
I can be better than IRL
Here
I can be someone I’m not in IRL
Here
People talk to me unlike IRL
Here
I’m not the loser people say I’m IRL
Here
Life is virtually better than IRL
Here
I’m happier than IRL
Here
I’m more real than I’m IRL
In response to image prompt number 14
Hour 4
Life would have been so much simple
If there was a cookbook for life
No mistakes will be committed
No blunders would be made
Exact how much time should be put on each relation
How much should your friendship simmer
How much efforts to be put on pleasing others
For how long the trust be marinated
How much heat should be put while raising children
How much spice added in your marital life
How much sweetness to be added for your in-laws
How salty should you be with your colleagues
A life with no mistakes is impossible
A life with no blunders unimaginable
You can’t please everybody
But I’m still waiting for that cookbook
Rashmi S Kurup
Flat
peeked down
discovered
layers below
each one under, oh
Earth, here I peer in fear
flat discs of planets, far, near
colors, and fiery warmth now sears
closer planets, Venus and Mars, red
Jupiter, Neptune, blue instead
now, suddenly in my view
cylindrical portals
appear thus anew
happy, I slide
new worlds guide
me to
space.
– Sandra Johnson, 9-2-2023
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Prompt -16
Hour-16
We called it the pirate house
With a spiral staircase
And a trap door
And a tree house in the yard
I loved it from the second I stepped inside
It was wonderful and strange
A hodgepodge from those who came before
We’d pretend the trees in the yard were a jungle
And that we were adventurers
Never touching the ground
I taught myself to slide down the bannister
Into a room that forever smelled like burning wood
Step out into a world bathed in snow
Or soaked in rain
Or covered in summer spiders
I grieved that house when we left
Like leaving behind an old friend
I hope whoever comes next
Loves the spiral staircase
And the trap door
And the tree house
Just as much as we did