LL - Hello Poetry

LL Nov 2024

there is a void in
his shape within me — and there
are these spaces he
left wide open — places that
I have not learned to close yet

#tanka

LL Nov 2024

if you didn't sleep
last night, did today ever
turned to tomorrow

#haiku

LL Nov 2024

bridges look best when
you're in the water — best crossed
when with a lover

#haiku

LL Nov 2024

two sticks — you lit one
offered me your cig — wished you
meant your bed instead

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#haiku

LL Nov 2024

we had that one old
photo that always reminds
me how I wanted
to have kids with you, and you
did have kids — just not with me

#tanka

LL Nov 2024

I'm always stealing
glances and end up getting
lost in your eyes, or
is it the ocean — to be
honest, what's the difference

#tanka

LL Nov 2024

my brain's a chem lab
and the chemist is asleep
— HELP THERE IS A FIRE!

#haiku