A Series of Haiku About the First Years of My Life
My Life of Haiku
my Father holds me
this baby hears his heartbeat
my Mother leaves him
my Mother takes me
Father doesn't know we left
his home now empty
Father drinks whiskey
part of him died when I left
it never comes back
Mother can't keep me
her illness takes over her
her heart now empty
Father takes me home
he still drinks his life away
he forgets to love
Step Mother hits me
her touch is cold without love
Father doesn't know
a cloud takes over me
easy things become struggle
family blames me