I’ve been writing a lot of poetry lately. Most of it is just various fragments and haiku, since my main medium has been Twitter, with all it’s glorious character limitations. I feel like it’s actually been helpful to me to attempt to limit my words and express meaning in as small a space as possible while still managing to create something worthy and beautiful. I’ve been saving most of these words, and thought that maybe I should share them all together, as I did with my color haiku. So here is some lovely haiku madness. I hope you enjoy them!
PS, I shouldn’t even have to say this, but I will anyway. These haiku are my own original words. Please don’t steal. Thanks!
alone in the dark / stumbling over my thoughts / wishing you were here
She froze at the sound / realizing she was trapped / echoing footsteps
The edge of the blade / poised so closely to her neck / her heart pounds in fear
Please forgive me but / I think I’m falling for the / flyness of your mind
To get to my heart / stimulate my intellect / make love to my mind
It’s a brand new day / don’t waste it being angry / hug someone instead
I offered my heart / but you tossed it carelessly / aside with a laugh
So all I can do / is pick up all the pieces / there’s still one missing
Hearts leap in our chests / eyes still on each others’ flesh / aching for a touch
Letting go isn’t / the hardest thing you can do / moving forward is
your breath touches mine / lips hover inches apart / anticipating
Everyone’s broken / the secret is to pick up / the hammer and nails
so disconnected / looking in from the outside / cut off from the world
vibrant melodies / dripping into my ears like / succulent nectar
twisted up inside / like a sickness; coiled, waiting / for me to slip up
dark tendrils of night / reach out to touch my cold face / the tears aren’t dry yet
Dawn’s wispy fingers / touch the blanket of darkness / lifting it gently
Light kisses my brow / an ethereal lover / morning promises
translucent drops of / dew fall from chrysanthemums / chased by the sunlight
you immersed me in / silk-draped aphrodesiacs / such beautiful lies
You tore down my walls / then broke through my skin so you / could rip out my heart
I don’t know if it’s / the summer heat or the pain / I’m fading away
when I say goodbye / hold me in your memories / I’ll always be there
beams of light emerge / romping playfully in the / cerulean sky
few aureate words / can adequately describe / blazing emotion
missing you today / wishing you were here to fill / the void in my heart
a band of misfits / with just the right-sized key to / fit into my heart
the window is shut / I gaze longingly out as / the light fades away
bleak, frigid raindrops / fall sorrowfully against / glass like bitter tears
I hold out my arms / inviting you into the / softness of my mind
please just walk away / don’t look back at the pieces / of my broken heart
rain clings to the screen / as though afraid to let go / and face the unknown
contemplations of / inward visions of what could / be if I let it
looked in the mirror / my reflection turned away / she did not know me
mere words could never / articulate the depth of / emotional seas
I wish that you knew / how the very thought of you / intoxicates me
remnants of sparklers / reaching out into darkness / tiny pale tendrils
reckless tendencies / stumbling in abandon / tripping on a dream
feeling so confused / trapped between fear and desire / help me find my way
words flow like water / undulating in the waves / crashing on the shore
humor is a shield / to fend off the pain as I / hide behind a smile
the edge of the blade / swoops downward; she trembles with / anticipation
dawn creeps silently / discarding night’s deep shadow / in a lonely heap
barely a twinkle / shining bravely nonetheless / summer’s last firefly
I open my eyes / knowing I must survive on / dreams of your kisses
I do hope you find / someone worthy of your love / or who can stand you
dawn stretches her wings / swathed in gossamer sunbeams / sprinkling dewdrops
love sings to me with / half-forgotten melodies / I listen, entranced
she stands in the rain / hands outstretched, a supplicant / but her tears won’t cease
lizard fingerprints / flit across the fresh, dark earth / playing tag with me
ambivalence is / threatening to take over / tearing me apart
she doesn’t notice / the pain until blood flows forth from / the cut of his wit
unvanquished demons / stain the depths of my soul with / melancholia
tomorrow you’ll wake / and I’ll be just memory / forgotten nightmares
dawn crept inside with / slippers tattered, dress threadbare / danced the night away
uncertain thoughts, as / conundrums confound and / steal away my peace
if I knew how to / maybe I wouldn’t be such / a disappointment
I don’t like haikus. / Seriously, I hate them. / I never haiku.
cold October nights / immeasurably warmer / your words make me smile.
truth is indeed great / friendships built on its words and / nestled in its arms
catch me with your truth / words formed from the strongest threads / woven into trust
soft silken bondage / armor no longer needed / safe within this sphere
fluffy soft pillows / escort you gently into / the sweetest of dreams
the icy shadow / of the ax upon my neck / as it swoops downward
dawn pulls the blanket / of night up over her head / not ready to wake
trying to make them / disappear and fade away / all these useless thoughts
napkin tentacles / deviously concealed the / dumb check engine light
push your doubts aside / let your heart fill with wonder / place your trust in us
I wish I could lie / to myself; then I wouldn’t / see how this will end
can’t fight this sorrow / seeping through my shattered soul / drowning me in tears
dreaming of nightmares / that overshadow the light / swallowing my fate
Penned by: Tricia
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