A Collection of Haikus

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Caroline Aron

Paralysis

In the dead of night

I lay in my dark, black room

With eyes open wide

A shadow lurking

A man, a beast, a vision

Standing there silent

It trudges closer

Looming over me, I wait

Unable to move

*For the haiku “Paralysis,” iIt is one of my fears that I will wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to move, while something lurks in my room.

Lost

College scholarships 

My perfect athletic health

The love of my life

I look at the road

Showing the past of my life

All of these things lost

Down the drain of life

Are these things that could have been

Heroin broke me 

*For the “Lost” haiku, I was reading an article about someone's story with drugs and It inspired me to write this about how drugs can ruin your life.

Stalker 

I know about you 

You do not know about me 

But I still love you

My eyes locked on you 

I follow you down the street 

Hoping you will see

You don’t notice me

Staring into your window  

Hoping for my chance

The “Stalker” haiku is based on a song called "I Will Posses your Heart" by Death Cab For Cutie. Another one of my fears is being stalked by someone, especially because I'm a woman. So a haiku written from the perspective of the stalker is something interesting I wanted to try.

Life of a Star

I dreamed of big things

Moving to grand Hollywood

Becoming famous

Now I’m a big star

I have a model for wife

I live like a king

Forget about home

Forget the time spent alone

Forget about life

Divorce the wife 

Choke on our vomit

And that is the end

It was just a joke

We were fated to pretend

Our life was a lie

*Based on a song called "Time to Pretend" by MGMT, this talks about the life of a rock star—how they are on top of the world only to miss the little things in life, and how they usually die young.