Worship & Goddess: Aphrodite, Durga and Nirbhaya

This post is in response to Ronovan’s weekly haiku challenge

Eros worshippers
Pay the price with lowered heads
Aphrodite reigns

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Amorous passion
Pay homage to Erotes
Aphrodite lures

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Goddess Durga cries
A nation worships shakti
Nirbhaya gang raped

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Durga, Goddess of Power(Shakti), is worshipped by Hindus in different forms.
On 16 December, 2012, Nirbhaya was brutally gang raped and her boyfriend beaten by a group of six men in New Delhi, India. She ultimately succumbed to her injuries.

Jogger who passed me by

Heard the sounds coming from behind,
Much before I saw her,
A steady thump, a rhythmic sound
Of strong feet hitting the ground.