Frida | ✕

write me a haiku

he laid back against the chair
clad only in his
pants as he watched
the girl held up a book
on the coffee table

" i hope ikea has one-year
warranty
i just bought the table."
he teased and the girl
glared at him

" come on, pay attention"

she pouted and he held his
breath when he saw
her breast threatening
to spill from the top
the legs stretching down
from the lacy black
panties was teasing him

" the violent that is
unforgivable is the violence
that we do to ourselves--"
she read from her journal
lowered it down enough
for her to see his reaction

he was smiling
"go on"
she blushed and hid
her face behind the book as
she continued

" --as when you asked me
to play you the piano,
i was so scared that
i've cut my hands
off my wrists
surely my emotions have
a lot of apologising
to do"

she lowered the book
completely this time
and kneeled down
" what do you think
benedikt höwedes?"
she whispered

he leaned forward
" i think it's very beautiful
but deadly
write me something happy
write me haiku."

she giggled and scrambled
to find the pen she threw
away
finding them wedged
against the sofa
" do you know what's a haiku?"
he shook his head

" it means light verse"
she leaned against the sliding
door glass
sun shining from behind her
spilling into the room
" 3 lines, very restrictive."

" try me"

" ah there you are
you're a motherfucker
what a fucking tool"
he bursted instantly into
laughter and she did too
holding their stomachs
as tears started
to spill

"beautiful"

"that's an award winning haiku"

" i was kidding"
she mumbled in between
her laughter
" beat this:
you are the person
i will never stop looking
in the crowded place."
she bit her lower lips
he eyed her and realised
how he has been holding
breath all this time

" what are you
doing
to me"
he ran his fingers into
his hair and leaned back

" i should've ask the same
it was post office then
all i know
is we are in düsseldorf
and now i'm in your hands
crumbling as
if you're dissembling me
apart."
she muttered, the pad of her feet
against the wooden floor
as she stalked to him
sinking next to him

" i think i might love
you soon."
she muttered, hiding her face against his arm
" i'll be very honoured then"

she played with his slender fingers
"i mean i had to
i can't let you adopt 11 kids
alone those poor children
will starve"
he flicked her nose and
soon she was underneath him
as he kissed her

she wriggled out of his cage
and he let her
climbing on top of her
resting her hips above his
arms running gently against his chest

"my heart's one desire-"

her fingers touched the poking
bone of his neck

" -is to be
destroy-"

she had kissed his lips
so softly

" -and holily set
apart
for
you."