Stories in haiku

The space between syllables

Is where you should look

 

Yes, I write haiku

Sometimes accidentally

But then again, not

 

Sometimes there are just

So many words to say and

So few syllables…

 

One-hundred haiku

Counting words to make words count

For the love of love

 

In this tangled mess

Lies a little thing called life

Sought, but seldom found

 

Tear me to pieces

Scattered shards of ash and bone

Leave them where they lie

 

Love has as many

Definitions as it does

Similes on it

 

Fractured fairy tales

It’s a universal truth

Back to sleep, beauty

 

Headaches and heartbreak

Happily never after

Always a pumpkin

 

Keep training hard but

Sometimes I don’t want to be

Tougher than I look

 

Mirrors reflect lies

Disorder is a strong word

The taste of regret

 

Strength is beautiful

Lies of a generation

Hypocritical

 

Words like boomerangs

Thoughts cast to the universe

Prepare for the catch

 

Promise me the past

Will remain where it belongs

Or we, too, shall stay

 

No explanation

Endless justification

An end with no means

 

When words cease to be

A piece of my heart does too

Life between letters

 

Homesick for nowhere

Disappearing rainbows and

Broken red high heels

 

As the world speeds by

Remember to stop and think

Of the futures past

 

A life packed away

Boxes are everywhere but

Which one holds myself?

 

I can’t decide

If these walls are to keep things

In my heart, or out

 

To be or not to

The real question is, be whom?

Or what or where or…

 

Alone, not lonely

Thoughts, memories, dreams, and hope

Strength in solitude

 

Steps to leaps and bounds

With a stunning lack of fear

Not a backward glance

 

All in or get out

Spring cleaning the heart and mind

Make room for more space

 

Faith and hope remain

The only weapons we have

World War Whatever

 

To grow up is to

See the fruition of all

The choices we’ve made

 

Seven simple truths

Hope, love, give, pray, peace, laugh, learn

Small words to big change

 

Keep it under wraps

That dream you dream about most

Until it is time

 

Unfiltered feelings

Emotional overflow

The art of living

 

Don’t stop believing

In the best and worst of times

I will wait for you

 

Fortunate or un-

Life’s a series of events

Keep turning pages

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Author: Gabriella Sweezey

Image: zenjazzygeek/Flickr

Editor: Toby Israel

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