traditional (more so) haiku
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 feel like I could vomit tears, But that wouldn’t suffice, For amount of years together, Exactly twice, I have no idea...
Carefully and slowly, I unfold myself from inside, Dark and lowly, I swallow my pride, I let her out,
Whenever I’m alone, I stay smiling, Counting the stitches sewn, On 100 thread count sheets, Wishing for rain,
‘I’ am the lifeless infinite. ‘I’ am the sun, perforating throug… ‘I’ am a strawberry moon. But what is I?
‘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,
I’m not a side dish, I’m not a left—over, you can’t put me away, you can’t save me for later, as with all things,
You never loved me, Only the taste of my name, As it lingered on your slithering… Falling out, dripping, With poisons of promises,
under florescents, the cigarette butts are like confe… glittering the sidewalk, with anxiety.
Can I just have slow sex, Long talks, Lengthy poems, And everyday walks, Can I have running through the wo…
The language of love flowed freely… Through the rivers of our veins, During the summer we discovered ma… And razors edges. We used the torn corners,
Despite the rips in between the se… I can’t escape my bones, I can’t fight the dreams, So I wait but, I can’t manage to speak,
Stumbling over words, Like a child stumbles over shoe la… Left undone. Every word I want to say, Left undone.
Can I just have slow sex, Long talks, Lengthy poems, And everyday walks.... Can I have running through the wo…
You collect calluses, Like precious gems, Revering their form, Keeping them close, And if it wasn’t for me,
