I see a fleeting shadow in the corridor, but there’s no one there. I get back to work, but those sounds of criticism reverberate in the room, and I feel tempted to scream with tight fists.
There is someone who brings out the worst part of me – in retaliation, in self-defence, in expression of buried angst.
Where is the devil?
It resides in dark corners
screams out of mirrors
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I fear that one so much…. I think I carry it within
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All of us have gods and devils inside us.
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Such a powerful haibun, especially the haiku. The screaming out of mirrors is especially good.
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Thank you, Sherry!
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