01 Matching Contest - Love & Fitness - July 2021 • Millikin University

Love Haiku

ocean breeze
the little thumb rub
as we hold hands

touching
ballet fingers
encore

some nights typing
hugs
just don't cut it

we cuddle and watch tv
the whole world
fits in my arms

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like a tree in the wind
I bend so low to the ground
not broken

aggression
hurled possessions
fork in the road         go

childhood sweetheart
two goodbyes
in one

desperate love
we are forever
friends

 

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head on his chest
his heartbeat
feels like home

his singing echoes—
my kitchen
is his stage

nausea
light-headedness
"I love you"

I have decided
this is as good as it gets
I give up on love

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Fitness

early sunrise
perfect time
for a leg day

running
the wet mud
invites me

butt down
back straight
push up

crowded gym
a foot away from me
a man does push-ups

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clinking
lifting
heavy metal

each rep
is dedicated
to the new me

he lifts double his weight
I ask myself
if I could do that too

empty gym
free weights section
my playground

© 2021, Randy Brooks • Millikin University. All rights returned to authors upon publication.