your body perfect
not for its fact, or form–
but because it’s yours
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Love, Actually: Four Haiku
something less like life
and more like this, the richness
of your soft brown skin
*
more like heartache, less
like heartbreak, the depths of which
i’d die to venture in
*
something more like soul
and less like woe, something i will
only hope to know
*
it wasn’t fair or
kind or nice or sweet, but it
was love, actually
My Body Carries: Love Haiku
my body rises
to meet you, trembling like
stardust before moon
*
my body moves forth
to greet you, grappling for
your earthly body
*
my body carries
desire for you in it
struggle, will, the way
Your Hair, Your Body, Your Hands: Three Love Haiku
I will remember
the smell of your hair, softer
than anything else
*
I will linger on
the feeling of your body
bone meets flesh meets skin
*
I will think about
the way your hands bear against
me and mine (like wine)
Still Heart, Sweet Breath, Brave Soul: Haiku for You
still heart, warm body
breathing softly, breath like
your countenance (still)
*
sweet breath, still body
waking spirit, heart like
your interior (sweet)
*
brave soul, sweet body
gazing eyes, stare like
your true vision (brave)
On Lingering: Haiku for a Love
i want to linger
alongside you a little
more, and longer, still
*
i want to linger
here (in your calm and quiet)
still a little long
*
i want to linger
there (in your heart and body)
a little more now
*
i want to linger
everywhere (in you and me)
a little longer
Three Haiku on Love and Water
the smell of your skin
the ocean on a clear day
warm, fresh, unending
*
the work of your life
the seashore at long sunset
full, rich, embracing
*
the strength of your soul
the water after a storm
calm, sweet, abiding
*
Three Haiku
maybe love is not
like they told you, but instead
the sound of your heart
*
maybe life is not
like they told us, but instead
the sound of my love
*
maybe death is not
like they told us, but instead
the sounds of our lives
