Respect, Yet Hope: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament

I will respect her/
enough to back away, while/
Facing her with hope.
OR

I will respect her/
enough to back away, yet/
still face her with hope.

Eating Out Alone: Romantic Free Verse ImproVerse Poem Lament

I love to eat out,
but this was a different
type of meal,
a spiritual Feast, really,
and I longed to share it
with somebody I cared about,
someone who enjoyed the same cuisine
(or so i thought.)

I reached out to her
time
and time
again
but there was never
any response;
never
any indication
that she
was having
the same feelings.

At last,
as I waited for dessert,
(knowing she was not
going to partake,)
I realized
that she and I
were not looking
at the same menu.
I thought
that she might not even
be hungry.
Or that maybe
she might be eating out
elsewhere.

I learned,
again,
and was reminded,
again,
that the gut-wrenching feeling,
the butterflies,
in my stomach,
that familiar feeling
that had come around
for over a decade
was not caused by her,
nor by my hunger,
but was a result,
as it had been
so often in the past,
of my silliness,
my over-indulgent intensity.

So I asked for the check
and left.

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Scare No Share: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku Lament

The saddest part of /
scaring her away is I’ve/
no one to share with.

I Own Intensity: Romantic ImproVerse Rhyming Haiku

My intensity/
joyfully defines me, but/
gets me in trouble.

NP, TTYL? Romantic ImproVerse Haiku

When you write your soul,/
“idk” or “k” isn’t/
much of an answer.

There’s A Reason: Romantic Email Haiku Lament

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

Seriously Intense Dense: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku Lament

Seriously?!? I/
again prove myself much too/
intense. I’m so dense.

Intensity Parity: Romantic ImproVerse Rhyming Haiku

She was once intense/
in chasing me. Should I be/
that way t’wards her now?

Much 2 Much: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku Lament

She said that it was,/
once more, too much. He thought, once/
more, “Adieu to you.”

Sharing Experiences Can Wait: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku

There is much I would/
like to share with her, but I/
don’t need to. Not yet.