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
loss
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.”
SOL: Derision
The last time you spoke
my name: scorn, softness, regret –
tidal waves of pain.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 188.”
SOL: Consuelo
I made a home out
of my own depression and
self-indulgent ways.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 186.”
SOL: Hypocrisy
She never promised
to be good, yet I abhorred
her actions the same.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 184.”
SOL: Vénéneux
He wanted to cause
a rift, some great pain – a mark
I couldn’t expunge.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 183.”
SOL: Perdida
There are some pleasures
that I know I can never
hope to find again.
3AM Thoughts // AKA “Haiku 181.”
