140 Characters: Double-Haikus
- The tube is a train
Packed with people like smarties
Wrapped in bright paper
The chairs are a show
A symbol of politeness
Just waiting to go
- Like summer kisses,
We melted in the star light
Of our racing hearts
On the sunbathed roof
It seemed like a good idea
Until the wasp came.
- The first time they met
So fresh was the morning dew
So red the rosebush.
In the beginning
She had the same name as all
But he renamed her.
- I did not come here
Just to skirt my fingertips
Around your desire.
Trees cloaked in moonlight
Yawn in the April umbra
Of my longing heart.
- Life’s a question mark
You are the dot in suspense
And the answer’s Love
O Breath ephemeral
Brave nymph of Eternity
What makes you mindful?
—okei
"The tube is a train
ReplyDeletePacked with people like smarties
Wrapped in bright paper
The chairs are a show
A symbol of politeness
Just waiting to go"
Wonderful! *smiles*
Reminded me of my transport.
Loved these, Okei...
ReplyDeleteThanks Jach & Nancy!!
ReplyDeleteWhat always amazes me about the London underground is how much *reading* people do! Not only is the tube itself covered in bright advertisements, but people themselves are all wrapped up in magazines, newspapers, books,... so I was hoping to capture that ambiguity. And when the tube is really busy, pfft... we, the commuters, become like mere commodities being shipped from X to Y.