Winter Tatami

A Haiku for the Small Heat challenge

By Silver DauxPublished 5 days ago • 1 min read

Photo by Ryunosuke Kikuno on Unsplash

It's warm underfoot,

Unchanging despite the cold.

The dance makes the heat.

Haiku

About the Creator

Silver Daux

Shadowed souls, cursed magic, poetry that tangles itself in your soul and yanks out the ugly darkness from within. Maybe there's something broken in me, but it's in you too.

Ah, also:

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