I’m Not Powerful Enough To Ruin Lives: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Can I ruin the /
life of another or just/
change the road they’re on?

There’s A Reason: Romantic Email Haiku Lament

I asked her some tough/
questions. I hoped for answers./
She left, got yogurt.

Expectations Go Both Ways: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

How often do we/
expect others to do what/
we won’t do ourselves?

Why Do I Always Do This: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku

She joined the long line/
of unfilled expectations/
and misguided thoughts.

Expectations Cause Damoclesian Worry: Romantic ConTEXTing Sonnet

Expectations of emails, phone calls and texts
hang over our heads, heavy;
They worry and vex
like the sword of Damocles.

But these things should never be.
there should be no guilt nor frustration.
It’s all created from false worry,
and from unreasonable demands for validation.

So we must remove ourselves from that throne
and let be cut that single horsehair.
For even though we’re not alone,
no one needs to be seated there.

And those who such verbal oblations and veneration demanded
should be chastised, corrected and repremanded.

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It Doesn’t Matter Much: Romantic ConTEXTing Sonnet Lament

I suppose it doesn’t matter much
That you said you missed me,
That you ached for my touch,
That you couldn’t resist me.

It doesn’t matter that I turned away,
That ending it was my call,
That you, then, had naught to say
It doesn’t matter much at all.

For here we are with expectations
As we were before,
And those, unmet, lead to frustration
And we, again, seem like a chore.

For sweet desires, memories and yearning
Are not all we bring back upon our returning.

Expectant Dreaming: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

If you don’t expect/
anything, does that mean you/
are never dreaming?

Control Freak Denial: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Just because you were/
expecting a control freak/
doesnt make me one.

Expectation Does Not Equal Obsession: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Dont tell me you’ll call/
or do something, not, then ask,/
me if I’m Obsessed!

Alternative, written at 7:01 May 9th:
Dont say you’ll call or/
do things, not follow through, then/
ask if I’m Obsessed!