Behind the façade

How crazy, war is declared
out of self-interest.
Enemies are created,
walls of hatred are erected,
without really knowing the ‘enemy,’
with reasons beyond reason,
just to fulfil one’s own desires.

An entire nation is caught up
in this maelstrom
of hostility and hatred,
yet it is our own mind
that are directed against others.

Shouldn’t it be directed
against ourselves for once?
Instead of seeking blame in others?
To distract from our own selfishness?
From unfulfilled desires?

We are slaves to our own minds
and have not yet understood this.

Anonymous writer

Lost in imagination and fantasy

Some live
in their fantasy world
oblivious to reality.
They are bound
to desires and expectations
Often becoming a nightmare
for the present reality
in the shackles
of imagined desires.

Anonymous writer

Caught in an iron grip

A monster cannot be trivialised.
Our mind is such a monster,
whether it sleeps or lashes out.

It is a parasite of our soul.

Anonymous writer