It’s not that life’s hard,
It’s that relentless newness
of hard is just life
Inviting New Breath OR This Has Lived Longer Than I Would Have Thought
Every year, re-up
Though my haiku slowly slow,
Still rattle my brain
It’s All Coming In OR Why Do I Still Feel Like This?

It’s time for cleanup
Fear is heavy. I’ve got plans,
And I can’t hold it.
Dear Self, Stop Making Everything So Important. Sincerely, Temporarily Enlightened Also-Self
Everything = Nothing
Life = empty and meaningless
– (meaning)_________________ there’s space
An Earnest Theme Song
Try on, you’re wrong, just
Maybe it’s time, maybe just
Just give it a go
Uncomfortable
Try on being wrong
Like new jeans might need stretching
A good fit comes slow
Cat
There once was a big ol’ fat cat
Who loved to sit on me while I’d nap
But because he’s so large
like a grumpy fluff-barge
I died under his giant butt-flap
Co-written with Devin and Renee
How much? Or oh
Recurring payments
Recur, ‘cept when card’s dated
Lest, delinquency
Also, I’m balding – yo ho
State of the world
Oop, gonna squeeze past
The world is exploding and
| : We cry and move on : |
Rhymes with God or Quiet down and listen up
Take care of your head
This charade and your facade
Is bad for your bod
Thank You and I’m Sorry
Truth, soft light, quiet
Round tables, broad empathy
Bridges of burdens
There That Goes OR HA! I’m So Bad At That
In over my head
Like walls falling down; crumbled
Just not good enough
Just not good enough
Just not good enough
Just not good enough
Just not good enough
Just not good enough
Just not good enough
Just not good enough
Opportunity OR Hiding
Here I sit, tied up, to wit
Anxious, and I feel like shit
Here I go, in knots, namely
Panicked, moving forward lamely
Waiting or Dying
|:Inactiv(e):|ity;
accidental, purposeless,
and bountiful dread.
Short-Term Success/Defeat OR Leaping For A Taste Of Death
Forward momentum,
Like a fish out of water
Feels like ho/drowning\pe
In OR Out
I can see the out
But the now is so heavy
So I stay in to
wait.
More Than A Year
Like a stuck rock sits
I let the moss crawl my back
And hide me from you
Past prevents movement
Past prevents movement
Past prevents movement
Past prevents movement
Past prevents movement
Past prevents movement
Past prevents movement
Past prevents movement
Checkout Consequences
Did you miss something?
Fear not; “they” will remind you
every chance they get!
Anxiety And Again And Again OR Anxiety And Again And Again ALSO Anxiety And Again And Again
Throbbing helplessness
Loss, but only enough so
It’s never over
I Guess I Live Here Now OR Shame
Remember when you
didn’t spend enough time on
your schedule so you’re dead now
Also you wasted people’s time because you’re the worst.
Disappointing OR No It’s Not My Fault, Please!
It’d be nice if
I could blame someone else for
this series of things
The Truth
You:
*Misunderstanding*
Me:
*Corrects misunderstanding*
You:
*Very skeptical*
Me:
*I want to do crawl in a hole so I can blow it up while you stand on me*
Snow Day! OR Avoiding 2
The more I don’t do
the more there is not to do
| : Again and again : |
Electronic Mail OR Avoiding 1
What have we done -weighs-
Digital intention -me-
Crush my will and -down-
Selfishness 7
Envy is a sore
Which grabs up small pains to bear
Like fine salt in hands.
Selfishness 6
I’m sorry
I hope it’s the last time
I know it isn’t
Selfishness 5
I’m in a ditch, where the wind howls my name
And the soft footfall of empathy is drowned out by
Concern that my needs won’t be met first
Selfishness 4
Yes, I’m aware that
these haiku are about me
Irony and I are long friends
Selfishness 3
Must I relate story
after story to my life
My heart isn’t that important
Selfishness 2
How many times must
I ask for attention when
you need it from me?