* Topic: Write a poem based the following photo prompt. Sailing alone, far from the shore, towards the high and mad sea A melancholy strain touches my eye; I feel a sense of qui vive I see sun sloped down the clouds; brilliant brightness of the sky going pale I hear the silence raspy requiem, Singing in the sky I see no nightingale. There is stillness in the air the whirling wind has suddenly given his frown The sanity of the sky comes to a standstill As if it would take years to reach down The arid arena shows no signs of life as if waiting for a stirring storm I see no bird or beast pass by; the bluntness beyond any norm Bones infested with growing fear, realization gives me a serpent kiss Till now under a spotless cloud of ignorance, I was asking for bliss. Once free from manacles of birth, the beauty in beauty never wanes No bed is warmer than grave; without mutual acceptance love is vain....