Dying Waiting: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku Lament

Do I wait to die?/
Do I wait dying? Weight/
dying? Or die waiting?

Keeping Me Around: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

I don’t want to be/
someone you keep around just/
so you won’t hurt me.

Now I’m the one who’s/
sleepless. I guess I awake /
feeling my heart ache.

I awake
and feel. Emptyness.
Ache.
I guess
this is a heartbreak.

When we know the pain/
we cause, why are we silent? /
Don’t we understand?

The knots in my gut/
from waiting and storytales/
are not butterflies.

Sometimes you put out/
your heart, and people step on /
it as they leave.

Waking to a bed/
that’s empty is hard. Waking/
empty is much worse.

Why do I let old/
insecurity tapes make/
others walk on eggs?

If he were with her/
he’d grasp her fingers tightly/
and kiss her quiet.