Existential Haiku

Dogs are happy
Even if they have only three legs

Boys are happy
If they have green hair and tattoos

Girls are happy
If they have new purses and panties

Me, I’m only happy
When I see you cry

Because when I fell in love with you
I thought I saw something in your eye

A quiet desperation,
Despair or desire?
A dull fire…
A familiar surprise

I wonder through this world
Looking for you
In the shadow of the Sun

Inspired like liquid fire
only feel alive
When I play dice with the devil

Living just to stay alive
I stumble through this world
Looking for you
Under Moonlight like quicksilver

Flirting with Death and you
I thought I saw something
glimmering in your eye

Could I have mistaken it for Love?

– Published: Stars in our Hearts (Freedom), 2013, World Poetry Movement, Park City, Utah