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Enough

Tears streamed down his dust encrusted face.

He’d had enough.

It had been months and months of relentless ambushes, no breaks, and after weeks of not even thinking, he had looked at his watch, and the date said 25^th Dec…

What he wouldn’t give to be back home, safe in the bosom of his family right now, giving gifts to his children, eating his wife’s usually inedible Christmas dinner, dozing in front of the TV as the Queen spoke…

But no.

He was stuck out here, in the heat of the desert… fighting a battle that didn’t want to end.

Ritu 2015

I hope this suits the song… possibly being more serious than the song makes you feel, with it’s jolly beat, but the message, it’s the same…

Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #75 – Charm & Look

15 Dec 2015 22 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogging, Freku, Haiku, Look & Charm, Opposing sentences

Monday is Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge, and last night I was so busy wrapping gifts for kids teachers and writing Christmas cards, I was unable to post my entry. So here it is, on a Tuesday morning instead!

Oh he has raised the bar again this week, has Ron! Yes, you can do your usual haiku using the prompt words, Look & Charm, but the added challenge is to have the haiku with opposing sentences. So the first be a positive and a second a negative… or something like that!

And another extra, try and write a Freku… this consists of free verse, and a traditional haiku that ties the whole feel of the verse in 3 lines.

PHEW!

Check his challenge out here.

Ok, So I have had a go. Let’s see whether I actually got this right, or whether I should stick to what I know!

CAD

Image from Google

Unaware, I fell for you
And all that you did say
How did you beguile me so
And trick me in such a way?

I thought we were together
Like one, forever more
I gave my love, my heart to you
Then you walked right out the door

Broken now, I stand here
Feeling used and so unpure
I gave my innocence to you
All that talk was just a lure

———

Looking like a gent
You blinded me with your charms
Like a proper cad

Ritu 2015