Lyrical Quest

A part of you that resides in me My consciousness I like to believe
I often wonder though about the ones who abuse Give pain to others I can't imagine much worse
Where's this part of you in that malicious one Fate, Karma, I get, God Evil by part of you, No
Agony of body transient, Only answer I can think
©Nimi Arora

Prompt by and Shared with- Poets United Midweek Motif - Psyche/Soul

Human Trafficking

Penning thoughts of what you are feeling how can I?

A few days when in material comforts life's essence was changing

he was dying I felt shattered I had so much still

family, and love, and home what happens when you lose it all?

Do you lose yourself too? Enslaved, Uncertain

Years on returning home they call it a rescue

Am I happy? What am I returning to, I have a home?

©Nimi Arora

Prompt by and Shared with-
Poets United Midweek Motif - Human Trafficking

Lonely crowds

A troiku inspired by a haiku of Matsuo Basho, guided by Chèvrefeuille of CDHK:
people in the world
hardly notice these blossoms
chestnuts by the eaves

© Basho (Tr. Tim Chilcott)
people in the world Ah! looking through one another Lonely crowds
hardly notice these blossoms the lovely fragrance of individuality painted with the same brush
chestnuts by the eaves quietly observe the rush of humans nut's eye view

© Nimi Arora
(Ok, I realize I have gone a little crazy on this one. Crazier than usual, that is. The haiku by Basho is about people not observing the random beauty of nature that they are surrounded by. I made it all about people not 'seeing' one another, and then ended with chestnuts seeing us from their elevated viewpoint)

Prompt by and Shared with: Carpe Diem #1674 Troiku Month (3) chestnuts by the eaves

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