The only haiku I really Got was by a dude(?) called Basho that I know exactly zero about that I heard on a japanese animation movie called my neighbours the yamadas that has really nothing to do with what I’m talking bout but here it is:
How cruel,
a grasshopper trapped
under a warrior’s helmet.
We are warriors now. We did not ask for this. I see it in the things we say, in what we feel. Our hearts lie in peace, but despair has us trapped under a pile of hate and trash.
Evil is in plain sight. It has tried to convince us that our anger is hollow. That our mouths and hands and desires are pointless. It has tried to distract us, but we can see it. It is real.
Do not forget that you are strong. Do not forget that evil is a coward, that fear is its enemy.
And it fears you.
Skulls on our Uniforms
Dear Leader
Have you ever been so angry
That you caught fire
That your skin bubbled
Burst and cracked
That your flesh sloughed from your bones
Replaced by ash and stink
Dear Leader
Have you ever sunk
So deep underwater
That your eardrums burst
Filled with salt
That cold rammed a claw down your throat
And tore your lungs ragged
Dear Leader
Have you ever felt so small
That your every move
Is dodging someone else’s footsteps
Scared and darting
Between the treads
Of a giant’s boots
Dear Leader
At what point
In your life
Did you let yourself become the bad guy
What fucked you up so bad
That you forgot
People scream when they burn
You have made clear
What makes you scared
It shows on pale faces
As sweat on cold thrones
You fill our mouths with voices
Not our own
We wear skulls on our uniforms
Thin lines where our mouths should be
Our eyes stare wide and we whisper
I cannot see, I cannot see
Skydekkerix 