
Balance of Power: The Haiku


Ugly
Inmate lists and textless nights
Evidencing hope
Serious Business
I’m promising her I’ll noticeMelt, faster this time
Dissipate, finally, then
Rise again to pow’r
What is this we say
Words have power?
To send them out as little soldiers
Do we?
Dressed in armor plus tiny swords
Or in humility, altogether naked
Regardless revealing our hearts
When with any thought
Words can heal?
To speak them forth as mighty ministers
Ought I?
What bidding do I demand of them
Or in vulnerability, lowly ask
No matter what I stand to lose
now let’s do this thing
she pled with fading green eyes
to the fleet of foot
Say something
That doesn’t belong
Put prose
Where no one expects a scandal
Wield words
We’ll all sign our name to
Once overcome
We’ll wish to convert