Haiku is one of the most important forms of traditional Japanese poetry. Haiku is, today, a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Haiku is the smallest literary form with the most rules. Here are a few of my own.
When we were once young
Our naive world ran free.
And now life burns truth.
Gentle fingertips
Caress the small of my back.
A cherished effort.
My decaying mind
Burned by florescent work lights
Trapped in a gray box.
The old dog sleeps sound,
Leg twitching, chasing rabbit.
The wood floor echoes snores.
Spanish lullabies.
She closes heavy eye lids.
Baby breath, heaven.
Your face sketched in time
Slowly ages, grows weary
Of death approaching.
Things I wished had been.
Dreams turned real for a short while
Collapse under me.
The winter hungers
For drops of sun bending down
Igniting a change.
Your smell is still strong.
Your voice fades into the night.
The blackness chokes me.
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