Kopter Zero: Poems

Oct 2016 · 379

Haiku #68

Kopter Zero Oct 2016

Haiku #68

Let go the pliers
Which squeeze and bind your body.
Look! You are free now.

Oct 2016 · 334

Haiku #67

Kopter Zero Oct 2016

Haiku #67

I'm tired of being dragged,
My flesh is worn to the bone;
But my hand is stuck.

Oct 2016 · 333

Haiku #66

Kopter Zero Oct 2016

Haiku #66

Sad embers die out;
My muse is on holiday.
Robot writes instead.

Sep 2016 · 332

Haiku #65

Kopter Zero Sep 2016

Haiku #65

Coming into being;
Is it already too late?
I'll be waiting here.

Sep 2016 · 378

Haiku #64

Kopter Zero Sep 2016

Haiku #64

Drive a stake through it;
Cold blood freezes in its veins,
Smile through the mirror.

Sep 2016 · 355

Haiku #63

Kopter Zero Sep 2016

Haiku #63

I don't want to hear;
I don't want to look upon;
I don't want to feel.

Sep 2016 · 283

Haiku #62

Kopter Zero Sep 2016

Haiku #62

Peel back the layers;
It's horrible to behold.
What is it saying?

Sep 2016 · 228

Haiku #61

Kopter Zero Sep 2016

Haiku #61

Spiky wavy lines
From the center of the sun;
I must be so high.

Sep 2016 · 186

Haiku #60

Kopter Zero Sep 2016

Haiku #60

Exploding inside;
Pain, sorrow, and a longing.
What will come of this?

Sep 2016 · 302

Haiku #59

Kopter Zero Sep 2016

Haiku #59

Sit and tap away;
Messages fly by like rain.
What am I seeking?

Sep 2016 · 252

Haiku #58

Kopter Zero Sep 2016

Haiku #58

It is very hard;
I want to be as I am.
The fear, it stops me.

Sep 2016 · 209

Haiku #57

Kopter Zero Sep 2016

Haiku #57

So much unwritten,
So much left inside my mind;
Shall it die with me?

Sep 2016 · 206

Haiku #56

Kopter Zero Sep 2016

Haiku #56

Somewhere over there
Lives someone not unlike me,
And I in their head.

Aug 2016 · 195

Haiku #55

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #55

Below the surface,
A rage, a restless yearning;
For now, the dam holds.

Aug 2016 · 185

Haiku #54

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #54

Crawling through my skin,
The worm nibbles at my flesh;
"You sold out", it says.

Aug 2016 · 235

Haiku #53

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #53

I sleep by the fire,
Waiting for it to burn out.
Wake me when it ends.

Aug 2016 · 201

Haiku #52

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #52

Come away with me:
The night still holds its kingdom,
We're safe till morning.

Aug 2016 · 287

Haiku #51

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #51

Wickedness is here;
A ball rolls up and down hill,
A door opens wide.

Aug 2016 · 166

Haiku #50

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #50

It's a minor thing,
Something I have forgotten,
I can't remember.

Aug 2016 · 179

Haiku #49

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #49

Rest your mind for me;
Is it scarred and bruised like mine?
Together we escape.

Aug 2016 · 199

Haiku #48

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #48

I must in secret
Enjoy the compliments to
My doppelgänger.

Aug 2016 · 203

Haiku #47

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #47

I'm in a rush here;
Can't you see where I'm going?
The road, it has me.

Aug 2016 · 195

Haiku #46

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #46

Hey, are we there yet?
The signal is getting weak,
Do you think we're lost?

Aug 2016 · 228

Haiku #45

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #45

Are you like I was?
Is this who we're meant to be?
Were you like I am?

Aug 2016 · 199

Haiku #44

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #44

The walls of my mind,
Resilient to vain hope,
Keep me tied in chains.

Aug 2016 · 291

Haiku #43

Kopter Zero Aug 2016

Haiku #43

Rift opening up,
Stretching apart hands and feet,
About to fall in.

Jul 2016 · 197

Haiku #42

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #42

Trampling them under,
Its metallic grinding wheels
Rumble on forwards.

Jul 2016 · 175

Haiku #41

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #41

No turns, no bending.
Relentlessly piercing in,
The arrow of time.

Jul 2016 · 200

Haiku #40

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #40

Somewhere it is dark.
I do not want to be there.
I fall into it.

Jul 2016 · 321

Haiku #39

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #39

A vessel shaped
In a form I cannot see
Tries to fit me in.

Jul 2016 · 209

Haiku #38

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #38

I'm so distracted.
I dart here, there, everywhere ...
Wait, what did I say?

Jul 2016 · 196

Haiku #37

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #37

Drawing in the tide,
Plastic ships bouncing, sinking;
My white whale beckons.

Jul 2016 · 196

Haiku #36

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #36

My little finger
Twitched; this only ever happens
When they change something.

Jul 2016 · 194

Haiku #35

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #35

Okay, where are we?
I'm disoriented now.
(Can I stop swimming?)

Jul 2016 · 300

Haiku #34

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #34

Periwinkle bloom,
Overlaying what remains
Of an unlived life.

Jul 2016 · 219

Haiku #33

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #33

I'm in a rush now
I'll regret it very soon
Abysses unfold

Jul 2016 · 157

Haiku #32

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #32

Cutting into skin
It moves with rapidity
Leaving me open

Jul 2016 · 306

Haiku #31

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #31

Like tears in the rain,
Embers in a roaring fire,
My thoughts among theirs.

Jul 2016 · 246

Haiku #30

Kopter Zero Jul 2016

Haiku #30

Look at what I've got;
I've got bling, and money too.
Why then the despair?

Jun 2016 · 178

Haiku #29

Kopter Zero Jun 2016

Haiku #29

I see what you see,
My dream encompasses yours;
We float together.

Jun 2016 · 173

Haiku #28

Kopter Zero Jun 2016

Haiku #28

Pour one out for me,
I'm dry and parched and empty.
Nowhere else to go.

Jun 2016 · 200

Haiku #27

Kopter Zero Jun 2016

Haiku #27

Burn the fire stronger;
I have been drenched by your love,
I need to dry off

Jun 2016 · 199

Haiku #26

Kopter Zero Jun 2016

Haiku #26

It drives itself through,
Penetrating flesh and bone;
The pain now owns me.

Jun 2016 · 220

Haiku #25

Kopter Zero Jun 2016

Haiku #25

Not enough to die;
I must create a new life
From my former self

Jun 2016 · 210

Haiku #24

Kopter Zero Jun 2016

Haiku #24

Wait, I said, what's this?
Haven't I given enough?
No, she said, not yet.

Jun 2016 · 197

Haiku #23

Kopter Zero Jun 2016

Haiku #23

Counting on fingers,
As the tide recedes away,
Making my escape.

Jun 2016 · 180

Haiku #22

Kopter Zero Jun 2016

Haiku #22

I am pushed around
Waves and rocks and tentacles
I float, I tumble

Jun 2016 · 168

Haiku #21

Kopter Zero Jun 2016

Haiku #21

Not simple, not this.
Inexplicably puzzling,
The ways of the heart

Jun 2016 · 190

Haiku #20

Kopter Zero Jun 2016

Haiku #20

The past me, a fool
Present me, wanders about
Future me, save us!

Jun 2016 · 203

Haiku #19

Kopter Zero Jun 2016

Haiku #19

Storm's coming closer,
Gonna have to leave you now
To ride the lightning