Penned Ego

Haiku 3 To my tabula rasa, they mimicked a picture, A dozen times removed from truth. As I grew, rationality started erasing it. -Arjun R

Haiku 2 Within thick fleshy walls, it seeks expression. Within thick concrete walls, its prison seeks redemption. Within thin ozone walls , its prison's prison seeks security. -Arjun R

Haiku 1 The world looked down at me, They saw my feet. I looked straight to see their faces. -Arjun R

The Uninvited Invitation Delivered at our doorstep, Lacking an inscription, Brought by an undesirable guest The uninvited invitation. Dear to none, Rare to none, The commonest archetype Of humankind and the like. Inevitable as nothing, Impossible to hide From its panopticon eye, We try to delay it's arrival. Some embrace, others repel. Both not out of love, But out of fear Of mysteries ahead. The uninvited invitation reads The paradox of nature, "Mortality has eternity." -Arjun R