Am I the sun, or Am I the moon? Well, I'm a celestial body in a vast lonely sky, You may call it a bane or a boon.
I've got two faces, But they're one. None of them as bad as yours', that you Tell to stay away from, to your daughter and son.
I don't hate it, that One of them has always been a dark one. At least, it has always been there for me, My forever companion.
Loyal, as it's always Present in my bad times. Reliable, 'coz It won't judge me even in my worst crimes.
Every evening, I see you sitting on the benches, When I look down from the sky. Some smiles look so genuine and fresh, While few smiles come out as a bit wry.
Some are trying to please others, Some are struggling with the experiences they've sorrowed. Some are trying to make relationships work, Some are buying happiness with the money they've borrowed.
Crippled, That's how you people feel. Like handicapped you behave, Just because in life someone acted like a heel?
Stop depending on others, Stop being a c…
So meaningful only in 3 lines, with least words. I couldn't think, mesmerize with this angle too.
ReplyDeleteThat was the one sad incident that took place,americans learnt their lessons, and we are yet to..
ReplyDeleteYou have thought it well.. a different angle here..lessons to remember..
ReplyDeleteI loved the contrast here. mesmerize i used to connect to something wonderful and facinating..ya i stood hypnotized too,,,
ReplyDeleteOut of the box rendition of this prompt... very true... the incident always hovers a sense of darkness inside!
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ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteNo religion encourages violence!...Its just people have gone mad...
Sweet escape
Wow!
ReplyDeleteAgain you are with something so different ! :)
2 see tons of steel concrete being razed down is indeed mesmerizing albeit a gruesome one, hw can God ask sumone to seek revenge on his behalf...Al-Qaeda is indeed an institution of madmen.....
ReplyDeleteAs far as d Haiku is concerned wat can i say..three powerful lines.. :)
awesome haiku ~ thanks, namaste, ^_^
ReplyDeleteany war that kills innocent people , and is targetted towards innocent HOW CAN THAT BE JIHAAAD...
ReplyDeletein the attack more outsiders died then americans itself ...
Bikram's
Jihaad? Killing in the name of God?
ReplyDeleteI think most of us here would call it a cowardly act of murder. The word I would use to describe how I felt as those towers came down, bringing our way of life down with them, is stunned. I was stunned with horror.
I think the whole world was mesmerised...
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