Welcome to Haiku Sunday! I’ve decided as an extra challenge to designate Sundays for haiku. No matter what the fortune, I must write a haiku inspired by it. Today’s was very difficult but I finally settled on my double-edged sword idea. The idea being that you’re likely to judge yourself either more or less harshly than you’d judge another person.

This is not my best haiku…and it even has a little joke of an extra syllable. Definitely not my best effort.

It is much more difficult to judge oneself than to judge others.

Double-edged Sword
By Michelle Garren-Flye

double-edged sword cuts
for and against self-judgment
you wilt ‘neath its edge…s