I fed grief for years—
now joy knocks, and I answer.
My ghost waits outside.

badwords

DEATH TO HAIKUS!

Yet for all that thou did'st an exceptional job composing this haiku / senryu. Fantastic write! !

I find your aversion to haiku's humorous.
They are kind of a lazy way of constructing a poem. But I have been known to enjoy dabbling in them.