Today is Haiku day...

Post a Haiku if you've got one. (Kind of like smoke 'em if you got 'em, but totally different.) Remember it's 5 - 7 - 5 syllables...well, traditionally at least.

Here is mine:

The python squeezes
Life forced out mercilessly
Like vindictive hearts

Not a Haiku, but...

Nostalgia is My Enemy

Nostalgia is my enemy
It makes me remember things
As better than they were
I become discontent with the present
I wonder "what if?" about the past
I dwell on things I should not

My thoughts become obsessions
Until I am trapped within my own mind
And you are there mocking me
Saying "I told you so!"
And your words fall like daggers
Through my heart.


I know, I know, it's not a Haiku and today is Haiku day, but inspiration struck...what are you gonna do?

And the poems keep coming...

I barrel down the tracks
With my constant companions
Angst, confusion, and despair.
Doubt, fear, and pain
Will board at the next stop.
I wish I could get off this train.