Haiku

[Jasmine.m]

Hi. I have too much time on my hands today, so I wrote this haiku. I know it's probably not technically a haiku, but whatever!

Whose body is this?
The mirror must be lying!
I am so confused...

[Sandy]

I sit quietly
I hear my soul cry softly
I must love myself

-Sandy

[V M]

Snuggle my pillows
Longing for someone to share
Fill this void with love

[FairyGirl]

My body and soul
torn apart by chance at birth
at last will be whole

[K8]

After years of fear
Just throw caution to the wind
And be who you are.

- Kate

[Janet_Girl]

So long in battle
The warrior grow tired
She longs to free her soul.

[V M]

Whimper inside I
Give to all a laughing smile
The tears of a clown

[Bombi]

will i ever be
the me
in my mind's eye

[LordKAT]

Am I misremembering what Haiku is? I thought it was 3 lines, the first with 5 syllables, then 7, then 5 again.

[Floating]

I post haikus on twitter all the time! ^_^  I even got my master's thesis title in haiku form!

Here are some of the most recent trans related haiku that I posted on twitter.

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Time slips betwixt my
fingers. Everything I need;
further out of reach.

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We are the oceans.
Beachcombers know shallow shores,
not our deep fathoms.

The most intimate
seafarers, ride our currents,
know just our surface.

Only the drowning. 
Blessed, cursed, with the briefest glimpse
of our truest depths.

Swim away from us.
Swim in us. We pull them down.
We are the oceans.

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Self affirmation:
I am this and I am that.
Helpful? I don't know.

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Bright, sharp and hopeful
balance timid and worried.
I feel like yellow.

[K8]

Looking down I see
Something that is just not right.
That should not be there!


- Kate

[FairyGirl]

We forget the pain
of the life that was before,
and greet the new day.

[AmySmiles]

Wandering so long
Unable to find myself
The fog is lifting

[K8]

Decades of hiding,
At last the cage door opens
And I can be me.


- Kate

[casorce]

I hold it gleaming
Glinting like dew on wet grass
Brand new jewellery!

[Sandy]

Am I misremembering what Haiku is? I thought it was 3 lines, the first with 5 syllables, then 7, then 5 again.

You have it right, Kat, 5-7-5.

Kat is now at peace
She has now found her freedom
The pain has now left

-Sandy

[Sandy]

Sandy's Haiku:

A thought came to mind,
But what if you are a girl?
My journey began!

[Kay Henderson]

When I say "haiku",
do not reply "Gesundheit!".
It is not a sneeze.

[Jasmine.m]

gaining confidence
it's getting harder to hide
who I truly am

[Martin]

I hope I am not
intruding on a girls-only
thread, but this is cool.

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Long years looking at
distorted fun-house mirrors
I understand now.