Masks of Wonderland – Jaideep Rao

Wonderland

Wonderland

From zero

An endless journey

Quest of life

 

World we see

Is a wonderland

Love portrait

 

River runs

Royal ocean roars

Heart beats heard

 

Bricks delight

Every sculpture built

Cast a spell

 

Zestful path

Realism reckons

Thirst to dwell

 

Masks circle

Kid, teen, youth, adult

To zero

Enlightenment, main aim of our existence, is the dream of every soul. When we reckon the ‘realism’, wonderland builds in front of our eyes.  Thirst to live in this wonderland is the enlightenment. It involves us playing many roles at times- from zero (birth) to zero (death). Zero defines an infinite life (endless journey) – all in the big circle- where ‘the start’ and ‘the end’ is indefinite!

This is haiku written with eleven syllables count.

[Haiku is Japanese poetry form that has three meaningful lines which are complete and reflecting nature. Haiku have syllabic limitations as well. Syllables and words aren’t the same thing. For e.g. the single word “traditional” would have four syllables since it’s pronounced “tra-di-tio-nal”. A traditional haiku has eleven or seventeen syllables, in a strict 3-5-3 or 5-7-5 format. ]

14 Comments

  1. Wow…!!…This is a thoughtful, spiritual, and  enlightening haiku…..explaining the phases of life and purpose of life…..And I Loved the way haiku started and ended….

  2. Perfect title for this haiku ~

    each lines is perfectly written ..Love the way you write this haiku ..
    Thanks nd regards 
    Anu 
    (Way2express)

  3. That is really enlightening one Jaideep. Thank you for sharing. The composition and expressions is difficult maintaining the syllable limitations. But you have succeeded in that very well. I am glad to share this poem on Gurukripa spiritual page. :). 

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