HAIKU: INHERENTLY WRONG

By Charles Robert Lindholm

Inherently Wrong

What Went Wrong

ages that went past
ages that will come
the age we are in

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The First Step

no ‘wrong’ in world, I hate now
every atom appears right
by varying degrees
labels of ‘wrong’
seem the seeds
of inaction
of fear
hate

Limerick: If I Were Tall

Poetry challenge: Limerick.

If I were tall and measured a ‘furlong’

My eyes may seem short of ‘strong’

To mistake Jupiter for earth

Melons as lemons from birth

See why height could become ‘wrong’

© Venkat

Love Is Gone

I sit here contemplating the future
But you’re all I think of
We try and stay afloat
But our love would always sink us

I pretend the problem’s solved
Once I forget the question
But you ask again
Because you don’t learn your lesson

Fragile Balance

Colors of life galore

In many a different shade

Gaudy, mania excites to the fore

Pale, depressive dies to fade

The mind bends by inches

Feelings above the line

Crossing limits by wrenches

Showing an imbalanced sign

Nothing to Prove

When conversations go awry
A clash of feelings
A need to be free
Incomprehensible meanings

A pause too long
Silence loud
A place you don’t belong
Trespasses not allowed

A lingering question of why
Unable to give up the fight
Avoid looking in the eye
A need to prove yourself right