The Awkward Bard

The Awkward Bard Sep 2019

The Shadow

Toward life's sunset
I walk, and my shadow grows
Longer with each step.

#haiku #sunset #shadow #life #regrets #past #short

The Awkward Bard Sep 2019

Farewell

No farewell hurts more
Than one never truly said
When the moment came.

#haiku #farewell #goodbye #hurt #heartache #short

The Awkward Bard Sep 2019

Spoils

Victors grab spoils of
War waged, and won; The fallen
Claim nothing but rest.

#haiku #spoils #war #short #rest #violence

The Awkward Bard Sep 2019

The last ever roar
Of the mighty lion fades;
The vultures gather.

#haiku #nature #power #death #life

The Awkward Bard Sep 2019

Silence

Silence, well placed, tells
Deeper truths than furious
Words uttered with zeal.

#haiku #short #silence #truth #truths

The Awkward Bard Sep 2019

Broken

Broken is the heart
That beats not harder in ache
When another stops.

#haiku #broken #heart #compassion #empathy #short

The Awkward Bard Sep 2019

Unsaid

With all things unsaid
He wrote a silent ode to
Love he would not have.

#haiku #love #silent