that house that built me
Split me like a pulled, stray nerve
I tell you to run.
My work:
Patheos,
The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,
The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books
Silent Bites by Eukalypto
How does it work?
Wow I like a good haiku that leaves you with a chill
A raw and emotional reflection on loss, pain, and the urgency to escape.
Wow Melissa! This was powerful! Incredibly done 💌
Gosh that was so hard hitting! So intense!
That second line? Says so much with so few words.
Awesome Haiku
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Comments (6)
Wow I like a good haiku that leaves you with a chill
A raw and emotional reflection on loss, pain, and the urgency to escape.
Wow Melissa! This was powerful! Incredibly done 💌
Gosh that was so hard hitting! So intense!
That second line? Says so much with so few words.
Awesome Haiku