Haikus And Other Word Things

Written and reblogged by a usually sleep deprived turtle 🐢 Asks are always open

[havingapoemwithyou]

grief  by Matthew Dickman

[thehaikuturtle]

It’s the same story

Weaved with twine instead of string

Yet, breaks the same web

-weaving turtle 🐢

[thehaikuturtle]

You’re picture in my mind

Under a blanket of dust

Got unveiled in the crash from the words on the screen

Similar

Both should be met by me with the ticking of her

Yet her face cracked to end when it came to you two

A moment too soon

I should’ve known you

I would’ve known you

Had time let you stay

Yet, time places gambles

Then cracks all too soon

She bets lives for her chances

To tick to the end

A cruel mistress she is

Yet, a face filled with tears

For she ticks and she breaks

For each of her ends

So, she gambled too soon

Now you’re left here for dust

When destined for a path of a meeting for us

-dying turtle 🐢

[thehaikuturtle]

No child should face that

Yet, many children have to

In this life of death

-sad turtle 🐢

[poppiesandpromises]

But somewhere below

This hardened ice lay waiting

A whole world, asleep

[ipessimist1]

Just know that you are not the only one going through this all-too-human and inevitable pain. The grief, the loss, the unbearable weight of it all. Just know that you do not have to carry it all on your own.

[thehaikuturtle]

I’m here in a daze:

On days like this, my thoughts hazed

I’m stuck here unfazed

-dazed turtle 🐢

[poppiesandpromises]

Saturday screaming

Behind the eyes, tiny fists

Pound & pound & pound

[thehaikuturtle]

I’m a child of love

My goal was spreading good news

Yet, I only vent

-venting turtle 🐢

[thehaikuturtle]

The hope’s dragging behind

Like a brick thrown into the bottomless well

Going down, never up

Yet, the torment scrapes along each wall

Screeching, sparking, stumbling

Chipping and cracking from the blows

Defying as if it can fly back up

The rage and intents, ignored.

Yet it’s fight showing vividly through its plight

-fighting turtle 🐢

[thehaikuturtle]

Shifting changes linger behind

And it’s breath sticks like thick hot steam

It’s a constant inevitable

Yet, such a small child

Born of necessity from the mother of time

Change, whether helpful or not

It stares up with wonder, those eyes of such innocence

One change will grow monsterous

Dark and demanding

Yet, many glow brighter

Shining and shimmering

The monsters, large and powerful

Snarling and scorning

Once careful and innocent

Can return to their roots

Through nurturing care.

-changing turtle 🐢

[thehaikuturtle]

Merry Christmas! Have a happy and restful day y’all

If you’re reading this, tell someone you love them today.

[thehaikuturtle]

In these spotless rooms of anticipation

My years of experience decline

And I’m left, a child

Encased with uncertainty

and wide-eyed trembling

-fearful turtle 🐢

[thehaikuturtle]

What’s life without a light?

Not just a bulb, but an unobtainable sun

With immeasurable warmth

And the urge to be in it

In the cold bitter darkness what’s there to strive for

And what’s life with no goal?

-striving turtle 🐢

[thehaikuturtle]

This pizza I haven’t eaten in 2 years

Tastes like the drive-in movies at 10pm

It tastes better without the remnants of that last night there

Or expectations growing heavier with each eaten slice

Who knew I could actually enjoy this pizza again

-eating turtle 🐢

[thehaikuturtle]

The darkest cyclones

Will spin out of existence

In releasing words

-releasing turtle 🐢

[thehaikuturtle]

This wonderland of escape

Has chained me to a nightmare

To break free, I must release

Yet to release, will I survive?

With freedom I’m renewed

But with renewal, can I exist?

-chained turtle 🐢