POEM: HAIKU - 3 DAYS AFTER SECRETLY READING YOUR DIARY WHEN YOU LEFT YOUR DESK UNLOCKED

photo by Alex Lear

 

 

3 Days After Secretly Reading Your Diary When You Left Your Desk Unlocked

(a haiku sequence)

 

 

#1

warm night rain falling

my pillow’s already wet

—sad tears from above

 

 

#2

hate to love how well

you made your body feel like

you really loved me

 

 

#3

can’t sleep—the sound of

soft rain drops remind me of

your tongue in my ear

 

—kalamu ya salaam