Saturday, 1 November 2025

THE CHALLENGE


THE CHALLENGE

I set a
Challenge 
To all
The poets.

Write
A rhyme
That
Will
Freeze
Time 

All agreed
Enthusiastically 
But they
Failed
Miserably!

One wrote
Asking 
Time
To stop.
Another,
Asked
Time to
Slow down
To a crawl...

All in all
The whole 
Lot
Missed 
The point.

I had to
Stop them
Amd write
It
Myself. 

The challenge 
Won
Me
A pat on
The back
Along with
Cheers of
"You're the best!"

I accepted 
The praise
With grace...

The poets
Looked 
Glum
So, I said
To them
That next time 
They'd win
But for now,
I was
This challenges
Queen.

Time indeed
Stood still!

   FREDERIKA MENEZES 

No comments:

Post a Comment