Pain’s Not Purposeful: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

When folks hurt others, /
it’s not because they mean to./
It’s they just don’t care.*
or
*They’re just not caring.

I Hope I’m Not: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku Lament

Learning how I was/
must hurt bad because
I’m not/
that way now. I hope.
Or

Finding out how I/
was must hurt so bad because/
I’m not that way now.

Sin Alone: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Instead of hurting/
others by dragging them down,/
choose to sin alone.
Or
choose to solo sin.
Or
I should sin alone.

Trying To Listen, Trying To Be: Revolutionary ImproVerse Free Verse

It has been a very
long
time
since I have tried
to listen
to the Spirit
in everything
I do.

I’ve spent the last
lost
several years
lost,
just doing
my own thing,
not
having the Spirit
with me at
all.

That is a difficult habit
to get out of,
making your own decisions
and just doing
whatever
you want.
I don’t hear him
very well
yet.
I don’t even ask him
as much as
I should.

I am learning.
I’m very sorry
that you get caught
in the crossfire
of my ignorance.

And my mother and I
sing “I’m trying to be
like Jesus,”
and I cry because
so often
I fail
and
so often
I hurt others.
I don’t want to.

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