traditional (more so) haiku
Carefully and slowly, I unfold myself from inside, Dark and lowly, I swallow my pride, I let her out,
It feels much less like a kick in… but a slap in the face, I would say ‘fuck it’, but it wouldn’t adequately represe… that was lacked in,
Can I just have slow sex, Long talks, Lengthy poems, And everyday walks.... Can I have running through the wo…
I never thought I could crave a s… Like the one that sits across your… Distinctly scraped from the corner… Made in depths of dreams and forei… Its own presence, reflecting galax…
Flying out of the nest, At sixty mph, Four hours—without rest.
You collect calluses, Like precious gems, Revering their form, Keeping them close, And if it wasn’t for me,
under florescents, the cigarette butts are like confe… glittering the sidewalk, with anxiety.
Whenever I’m alone, I stay smiling, Counting the stitches sewn, On 100 thread count sheets, Wishing for rain,
‘We’re the same’, Teetering on edges of lines, I ca… And you say again ‘we are the same… Conflating words, Of an honest one,
“You’re trapped.” He explains, My body is bare, I’m losing time, And losing air.
I can’t say I know, The bed where you lay, The shape, color, and patterns, That makes up your day, I can only say now,
I’m always enamored with, Short periods of time, With fantasies of, Your hand in mine.
I feel like I could vomit tears, But that wouldn’t suffice, For amount of years together, Exactly twice, I have no idea...
You never loved me, Only the taste of my name, As it lingered on your slithering… Falling out, dripping, With poisons of promises,
Last Night. Was the first night I had a thous… Perforating with tender thoughts i… Last Night. Was the the first night, in my lif…
