Your hands held tightly
in mine as the lilacs bloomed
almost thirty times.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 220.”
loss
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: Remordere
Weighed down by golden
ring etched with my name, burning
remorse into skin.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 215.”
SOL: Illusory
you fell in love with
a monster, realizing too
late it was a game.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 214.”
MIND: Crossed
A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.
On the Road // Jack Kerouac
SOL: Diffident
He always chokes on
his words when he tries to say
what he sees in me.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 203.”
SOL: Supplication
Handing me his still-
beating heart on a platter,
praying it’s enough.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 202.”
SOL: Narrative
“No one will ever
love you like I do.” I said,
“Is that a promise?”
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 199.”
SOL: Obstinate
He said, “Look at what
you’re giving up, blinded by
dreams of what might change.”
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 198.”
