Haiku - Love

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Prosies


each day a sliding dance:
gentle kisses, angry words
and the balance between

years later you might ask
what if...
whether you stay or go

heartbroken houseguest
in your tiny apartment -- how
can you be so cheerful?

weekend without you
all these plans - but what I do
is mainly miss you

revelation -- we're
not really that different
two souls inside skins

if Romeo and Juliet
hadn't died
they'd be in couples therapy

side by side sickness
I get better and you get worse
you caught it from me

lighting a candle
to make you love me again
the holder shatters

the glass exploded
with the gentlest pressure
I can't stop the bleeding

it bubbles inside
and spills over — this anger
at all that you're not

hard words over towels
remove me from your shoulder
you sleep on the couch

ready to go
but the curve of you next to me
is hard to abandon

if you truly love her
will you let her go
and not steal her books?


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