Haiku

escape the sun [4]
never shall our love [5]
for her warmth [3]

Busy partying today sorry Missed me?

Serenely,
long shadows stretch dark
resting

Sowwie.

Late! Have another go, I'm feeling noble

Not my day

For her warmth,
a gentle kiss,
Always

More like night

always
spring in May
light

That too

Light
bursts forth
dam

dam
inside
*sob*

*sob*
tears flow
pain

pain
ahh...
me

Lol what on earth is that?

me
you
here

pain = me, can't be that difficult? Oh I keep forgetting you're so young...

here
sky is
low

Tender young age I am.

Low,
anger bubbles
erupts

Most grown-up folks don't have your wit, hence my poor memory.

erupts
from the Earth's bosom
life

Surely if grown ups lose their wit, then you'd always assume me to be young?

Life;
a young bird
flutters

I used to think that people would grow up as I did, and there's a wonderful song by Bulat Okudzhava about that - how you keep thinking idiots will grow up as you grow up. Maybe some do, but it's a bit like fair business in Russia - "Russia is a big country and it's possible there's fair business in it, but I ain't seen none"

flutters
humankind
past me

I'm not complaining. You've given me more compliments in this one week then I've been given my whole ATL lifetime

Past me,
caressing breath
wind

Compliments? I'm just following Bulat's advice. (Note to self: I've got to translate that song.) In short, life's too short not to speak with graceful truth to people, using the width and the depth of expression our vocabulary allows us to. 'course, he expresses it about 100x more deeply and beautifully, but the point stands.

I like your last one.

wind
visit my
abode

Please translate the song for me. And keep waxing lyrical about me with all the width and depth your expressive vocab can employ. No objections

Glad you approve

Abode
Deep within
You lie

I fear the English language is inadequate for the purpose... Maybe I will try anyway. I've tried a couple of times but I always give up after a line or two, it just doesn't sound anything like his divinity.

you lie
winter, you lie to me
I'm not dead

I can translate it into Arabic so it can gain back some of its divinity

Your haiku/senryus are a bit different tonight Anything on your mind?

I'm not dead
Even though you tried
I'm still strong