the abject neglect
never mentioned!
caused the rift
to platonic drift
.
haiku
Ps
as if one needed one explanation for separation
Category Archives: Sadness
fleeting
something like terror
mirrored in eyes meeting grief
brief in divorce room
.
haiku
disarming
Prince Charming was charming
until well after the wedding
and then, well, he wasn’t
at all.
The End
.
not a haiku
knitting patterns
again uncurling
dull pain
from skein
pulling it
on over my skin
.
haiku
calimero
little boy lost look
cup of coffee
closed book
how to find his focus
.
haiku
can’t . quite . grasp
what’s the word for scared ?
of intimacy ? something ?
prevents hand-holding
.
haïku
backward butterfly
emerge as version
of hungry caterpillar
weekly sad / fatter
.
haiku
fallen leaves
the grief of a touch
of his fingers I lingered
disbelief as he leaves
.
not a haiku
one syllable over done
stop start
when did i stop sigh —
ing at his touch and start wince —
ing —hold—ing me breath
.
haiku
won’t vii
emptied words empty
spaces in separate hearts ghost
echo lonely paths
.
haiku
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