haibun (reluctant survivor)

by Spiritual Echo

haibun Contest Winner

midnight. tin roof, spring rain and lullabies. let me sleep. broken heart, swollen dreams, pregnant rain drops sliding down my cheeks. morning chill crawls through my veins, leaving rusty rings where love once lived. reluctant survivor, foolish miser, nothing left to share. loneliness: my sole companion on a rainy day. desolate emptiness, old, forgotten faces, wrinkled, crippled choices haunt my days. coffee shop suspicion, strangers who don't know my name, sharing nothing but the bitter scent of stale coffee. eyes buried in newspapers or vacant, unfocused stares, no longer searching. lost. not even memories join us as we congregate and sit together, isolated in a crowd.

no rainbows
when rain turns to snow
frozen hearts

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Writing Prompt
Write one haibun about: A rainy day.

The Prose:
A paragraph written in a concise, imagistic style. It records a scene or a special moment or a dream in a highly descriptive and objective manner.

The Haiku:
The accompanying haiku has a direct or subtle relationship with the prose and encompass or hint at the gist of what is recorded in the prose sections. 3 lines (short/long/short in syllable count). 11 syllables or less. Two grammatically interconnected lines of concrete imagery (usually lines 1&2, but can be lines 2&3). The satori ("Ah-HA!") line must be clearly defined (it's usually line 3, but can be line 1).

Present tense.
Personification is allowed.

ALL lowercase.
Little punctuation.

NO pictures/artwork.
NO author's notes at all.

The title must look like this:
haibun (very short phrase that provides a direct and obvious context for the prose and haiku)

*see inside announcement for example.