A Plurality Of The Mind
A Haiku
Author’s note: I was challenged to write a haiku based on my multiple personalities. While I do know them (and they also know me), this exercise made me realize it is at times harder than anticipated to describe someone in a few words.
Together we’re one
Even if we are many
One unique being
We’re all of seven
And one community brain
We appear normal
Some say we’re crazy
Some say we are the sages
We’re a clusterfuck
We do not know what
Description to give our host
A wandering soul
A broken spirit
A shattered being or a
Resilient one
The protector is
Where everything began
Many moons ago
Always standing guard
Making sure we all are safe
Letting no harm come
Almighty seer
Who sees it all from their spire
Was also at the start
Living in the woods
Destined to a peaceful life
Among nature
The child was preserved
The innocence of the host
Will forever last
Frozen into time
Will unchangingly prevail
Nine until she dies
The unhinged being
A product of violence
Promised to fight back
Pure fury, declines
to stand idle in the face
Of fucking injustice
The geek, recluse one
Living the digital life
Fearlessly lonely
Does not care about
What’s going on in the world
Today, yesterday
Promiscuous one
Who won’t stop at anything
To have some good times
Effervescent nymph
Who never declines a meal
And great company
Others do exist
Those who refuse to join us
Inside our system
There are some others
We deny from joining us
The risk is too high
They all gravitate
They do abruptly appear
They are like the wind
How can we survive
And rule the mind when we can’t
Prevent intrusion
Seven sides of me
Although only one truly
Is the real me
I often wonder
What will happen to us next
And who am I now
Unless otherwise indicated, all the names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents in this story are either the product of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.
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