She brought a lantern
thinking it would light the room —
instead, she burned it
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Aarsh Malik
Poet and storyteller who believes in the quiet power of words. Sharing self-help insights, fiction, and poetry on Vocal.
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Sometimes, when you share your writing on a platform, it can feel like sending a paper boat into a very wide ocean. You wonder if anyone will notice it drifting by. There are days when your words seem to disappear into silence, and you quietly keep writing anyway.
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Wow!! Excellent Haiku, Aarsh. Congratulations on making the leaderboard!
really well done Haiku Aarsh. Congrats.
Nice job on this haiku! Congrats on the Leaderboard too!!
Hot! Congrats on the great haiku placing you on the Leaderboard as well!
ah, the times we think we can do something but then we end up burning everything down. Powerful.
oooh i feel she is me in too many situations. yikes. power message with few words, well done
A sad, but powerful haiku.
🍕🌊🙏🪷💕🛝🤸♂️🪁WOW🍕🌊🙏🪷💕🛝🤸♂️🪁
A well-wrought haiku! I take it as metaphor, but it could be literal!
Wow, powerful few lines!❤️
Interesting way of showing revelations of one's life, possibly destroying old ideas and making way for new.
⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻 Power to your Power ⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻 hugs to your heart ⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻⛩️👻
Wow! I wasn't expecting that. It was such a strong end. You crammed a lot into this well-crafted Haiku! 💜
can feel the pain in her actions
fantastic, the last line gave me chills.
That image of the lantern makes sense for how plans sometimes go up in smoke.
Ahh, the lessons we choose to learn. Or, chosen for us to learn.
So haunting. Simple but powerful.