Haikus

Holly McClure 

Haiku #1 

The chill wintry air 

Hits harsh against their faces: 

Somber as the sky. 

Haiku #2 

Though you screamed for help 

And blood gushed out from your wounds, 

No one believed you. 

Haiku #3 

You realize that 

They will never accept you 

The way that you are. 

Haiku #4 

Uncovering there: 

Buried beneath the floorboards, 

You: rotting away. 

Haiku #5 

Figures in the dark 

Lurk, seeming almost as harsh 

As the bitter air. 

Haiku #6 

To the waving sea, 

I ask, “for whom do you wave?” 

It replies with, “you.”