traditional (more so) haiku
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under florescents, the cigarette butts are like confe… glittering the sidewalk, with anxiety.
Tried to meditate, too many different people, are inside my head.
She melds into the rhythm, listening for a heartbeat, escaping into the fumes, her thoughts incomplete. She escaped through the cracks,
Flying out of the nest, At sixty mph, Four hours—without rest.
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,
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,
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,
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,
Stumbling over words, Like a child stumbles over shoe la… Left undone. Every word I want to say, Left undone.
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,
I’m always enamored with, Short periods of time, With fantasies of, Your hand in mine.
Whenever I’m alone, I stay smiling, Counting the stitches sewn, On 100 thread count sheets, Wishing for rain,
You collect calluses, Like precious gems, Revering their form, Keeping them close, And if it wasn’t for me,
“You’re trapped.” He explains, My body is bare, I’m losing time, And losing air.