Twisted Thoughts: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

My thoughts were twisted.
In my pain, I never thought
Of how I hurt you.

Be In Life’s Game: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

Some pain can happen./
But the risks we take by not/
playing are much worse.

Could she,
with walls built high
and deep
open a small door
to her keep
and let me
in?

What does she fear?
What holds her back?
That I’ll get too near?
Place her heart under attack?

Perhaps, but she should know this:
All pain
is worth that gain.
and that risk.

She sometimes feels
I exist to romance her.
But what if I’m what’s real,
and simply God’s answer?

Why do I cry? Die?/
Not I, nor one close to me./
It’s your pain I see.

While you worked, I was/
screaming, separating a/
rock crab from my thumb.

I have long said: “Just/
a few minutes!” and not come/
back. Now I get it.

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

I remember once/
thinking I knew something harsh./
I only felt pain.