Today I am feeling a bit reflective and thought I would post about the theme deception- a common theme found in literature across the ages. Appearance versus reality.
We all fall prey to deception: I understand how easily we can be fooled into believing the appearance of something rather than its reality. I think we've all been there. What I find more difficult to comprehend is how easily people can deceive others with fake smiles and false words.
In honour of the theme I wrote a haiku which as you may know is a Japanese poem made up of 17 syllables, in three lines, usually following the pattern of 5,7,5 syllables. So here it is:
Deception
Your welcoming smile
Creeps up silent lips, alert
Like snakes wait for prey
We all fall prey to deception: I understand how easily we can be fooled into believing the appearance of something rather than its reality. I think we've all been there. What I find more difficult to comprehend is how easily people can deceive others with fake smiles and false words.
In honour of the theme I wrote a haiku which as you may know is a Japanese poem made up of 17 syllables, in three lines, usually following the pattern of 5,7,5 syllables. So here it is:
Deception
Your welcoming smile
Creeps up silent lips, alert
Like snakes wait for prey
