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Haiku for Adulthood: Melancholia

If this is your first time here, you should probably go read some funny haiku about lesbian scissoring. These are going to be really emo.

#197

I’m so lost without

you. My heart’s percussion sits

in snare-like silence.

________

#198

The bed, the books, the

rituals used to be ours —

Are now just hours.

________

#199-#200

First night in our house

I blissfully bruised my hips

on the hardwood floor.

You were so excited.

“Who needs a bed?” You said.

“I have this. And you.”

________

#201

Everyone you

love will leave. Time forgives,

but never concedes.

________

#202

How many times can

I cry over a crisis

of geography?

________

#203

I tried to write it

down, but the better story

lives in your nearness.

________

#204

There’s no stillness in

my heart. I will always love

you relentlessly.

________

This Post Has 6 Comments

  1. Shana

    I hate that I love the emo ones so immediately. How emo is that?

  2. anna

    You do? Good. We can be emo together.

  3. Janie

    Totally love the emo ones–my closest friend would say they sound like me…

  4. Michael L. Moore

    It’s the sort of day that 199-204 push me close to tears. But any other day I will still find them beautifully poignant. I appreciate your gifts. mlmoore57 from Twitter.

  5. anna

    Thanks Michael.

  6. Janie

    I don’t think I’ve figured out how to love any other way than relentlessly.
    And that has made life very difficult and painful at times.
    Indeed.

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