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Daily Haiku - Mirrored Thought by raj808

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Daily Haiku - Mirrored Thought
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<center>A gorilla stares
into a handheld mirror.
Thoughtful - self-aware.</center>

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This Haiku addresses my personal view that animals are far more self-aware than humans prefer to think. Nothing allows for an easier path to cruelty than separating yourself from another creature, whether it be through classification or philosophical assumptions.<br> 

Religion has a lot to answer for in this respect. In western society particularly we have such a separation between the creatures we eat and those that we keep as pets, that we live in this kind of stupid duality of thought where we see the emotions, and personality in our pets, but never get to see these things in other animals.<br> 

Through this separation we insulate ourselves from the reality that this is a cruel, predatory universe and we're simply the most effective predator. I personally would prefer to live with my eyes wide open in this respect. Many animals show the obvious signs of self-awareness, and therefore should be treated as such.  This was not a typical Haiku, but hopefully the poem expressed some of what makes the form great:<br>

Mono no aware (物の哀れ), empathy with nature and human life; the "feeling of things", nostalgia, regret for the passing of time, understanding of the changeability and of the transience without suffering.<br>
Karumi (軽み), beauty in simplicity; poetic beauty reflected in its simplicity, free from preconceptions and moral judgment.<br>
Wabi (侘寂), the taste for frugal and natural things, rustic simplicity, freshness or silence; it can be applied to both natural and artificial objects, or even non-ostentatious elegance.<br>

I have decided to challenge myself for the next month - until the 01st of July - to post a daily Haiku on Hive. Each week will have a different theme based on picture prompts from either Pixabay.com or Unsplash.com. This week's broad theme is <b>man vs nature.</b> 

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