Waiting with bated
breath, counting on his fingers
the time he has left.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 222.”
MIND: Omission
What an odd thing a diary is:
the things you omit are more important than those you put in.
The Woman Destroyed // Simone de Beauvoir
SOL: Toska
It isn’t that I
miss you (I do)… it is a
deep, soul-wrenching ache.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 221.”
SOL: Lilas
Your hands held tightly
in mine as the lilacs bloomed
almost thirty times.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 220.”
SOL: Ache
I marvel at the
trauma stored between my bones.
How can I let go?
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 219.”
SOL: Ange
She suffers so well
in silence, she never thought
to ask for comfort.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 218.”
SOL: Fixation
envy me. allow
yourself to be swallowed up
by intense longing.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 217.”
SOL: Suspension
She lives in limbo,
afraid of the depths of her
love, and of her rage.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 216.”
MIND: Audacious
If you are unsure of a course of action, do not attempt it.
Your doubts and hesitations will infect your execution.
Timidity is dangerous: Better to enter with boldness.
Any mistakes you commit through audacity are easily corrected with more audacity.
Everyone admires the bold; no one honors the timid.
The 48 Laws of Power // Robert Greene
SOL: Remordere
Weighed down by golden
ring etched with my name, burning
remorse into skin.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 215.”
