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Prayers to a tender god in the form of haiku
A creative exercise by @patstevie.bsky.social
A creative exercise by @patstevie.bsky.social
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@crowportals.bsky.social
· Jun 11
Same story: you’re gone
And I will build a heaven
To meet you again
And I will build a heaven
To meet you again
A great man won’t shrink
From the warmth of your efforts.
Instead, he’d match them
From the warmth of your efforts.
Instead, he’d match them
August 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A great man won’t shrink
From the warmth of your efforts.
Instead, he’d match them
From the warmth of your efforts.
Instead, he’d match them
Is language passed down
Or is it a borrowed tool
For revelation?
Or is it a borrowed tool
For revelation?
August 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Is language passed down
Or is it a borrowed tool
For revelation?
Or is it a borrowed tool
For revelation?
My eternal love
I didn’t just fall for you —
I learned how to fly.
I didn’t just fall for you —
I learned how to fly.
August 18, 2025 at 2:35 PM
My eternal love
I didn’t just fall for you —
I learned how to fly.
I didn’t just fall for you —
I learned how to fly.
We both ventured North
In pursuit of becoming
And found each other
In pursuit of becoming
And found each other
August 18, 2025 at 1:57 PM
We both ventured North
In pursuit of becoming
And found each other
In pursuit of becoming
And found each other
I do not grieve you
I grieve the version of me
Who believed in you
I grieve the version of me
Who believed in you
August 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I do not grieve you
I grieve the version of me
Who believed in you
I grieve the version of me
Who believed in you
Confidence is this:
Trust in who you’re becoming
And moving forward
Trust in who you’re becoming
And moving forward
August 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Confidence is this:
Trust in who you’re becoming
And moving forward
Trust in who you’re becoming
And moving forward
Playing with language
Release the words that choke me
Poet’s destiny
Release the words that choke me
Poet’s destiny
August 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Playing with language
Release the words that choke me
Poet’s destiny
Release the words that choke me
Poet’s destiny
We’ve built a home where
Slicing fruit is no longer
An apology
Slicing fruit is no longer
An apology
August 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
We’ve built a home where
Slicing fruit is no longer
An apology
Slicing fruit is no longer
An apology
I view you with such
Palpable admiration
That makes my heart glow
Palpable admiration
That makes my heart glow
August 16, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I view you with such
Palpable admiration
That makes my heart glow
Palpable admiration
That makes my heart glow
Quiet ambitions:
Enduring love, and also
A place to lie down.
Enduring love, and also
A place to lie down.
August 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Quiet ambitions:
Enduring love, and also
A place to lie down.
Enduring love, and also
A place to lie down.
I promise you this:
Even when I am upset
I will hold your hand
Even when I am upset
I will hold your hand
August 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I promise you this:
Even when I am upset
I will hold your hand
Even when I am upset
I will hold your hand
You can burn bridges
But first you have to master
Controlling the flame
But first you have to master
Controlling the flame
July 31, 2025 at 11:45 AM
You can burn bridges
But first you have to master
Controlling the flame
But first you have to master
Controlling the flame
In obligation
I praised the mountains despite
Preferring the sea
I praised the mountains despite
Preferring the sea
July 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
In obligation
I praised the mountains despite
Preferring the sea
I praised the mountains despite
Preferring the sea
The grief left its marks
On most of the things in life
Yet love lives larger
On most of the things in life
Yet love lives larger
July 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The grief left its marks
On most of the things in life
Yet love lives larger
On most of the things in life
Yet love lives larger
And when love returned
It held me and said: “This time
Let’s do it gently.”
It held me and said: “This time
Let’s do it gently.”
July 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
And when love returned
It held me and said: “This time
Let’s do it gently.”
It held me and said: “This time
Let’s do it gently.”
My mother tongue shapes
The requirement of mercy
In understanding
The requirement of mercy
In understanding
July 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM
My mother tongue shapes
The requirement of mercy
In understanding
The requirement of mercy
In understanding
I forgive the world
And its unbridled chaos
Because it has you
And its unbridled chaos
Because it has you
July 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I forgive the world
And its unbridled chaos
Because it has you
And its unbridled chaos
Because it has you
I would have liked to
Have you in my life for just
A little longer
Have you in my life for just
A little longer
July 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I would have liked to
Have you in my life for just
A little longer
Have you in my life for just
A little longer
So many lives lived
But I hope you always choose
One you live with me
But I hope you always choose
One you live with me
July 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
So many lives lived
But I hope you always choose
One you live with me
But I hope you always choose
One you live with me
The warm, gentle hand
Of a future memory
Reaches towards me
Of a future memory
Reaches towards me
June 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The warm, gentle hand
Of a future memory
Reaches towards me
Of a future memory
Reaches towards me
Now that you’re away
It’s my tender thoughts of you
That keep me sated
It’s my tender thoughts of you
That keep me sated
June 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Now that you’re away
It’s my tender thoughts of you
That keep me sated
It’s my tender thoughts of you
That keep me sated
Each time I kiss you
It feels as though a weight has
Been lifted off me
It feels as though a weight has
Been lifted off me
June 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Each time I kiss you
It feels as though a weight has
Been lifted off me
It feels as though a weight has
Been lifted off me
You gave me the love
That I had unknowingly
Prayed and waited for
That I had unknowingly
Prayed and waited for
June 19, 2025 at 8:55 AM
You gave me the love
That I had unknowingly
Prayed and waited for
That I had unknowingly
Prayed and waited for
Talks of spinning gold
Elevating the mundane
Our love is sacred
Elevating the mundane
Our love is sacred
June 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Talks of spinning gold
Elevating the mundane
Our love is sacred
Elevating the mundane
Our love is sacred
Exercise freedom
By choosing a path of love
Then let it guide you
By choosing a path of love
Then let it guide you
June 13, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Exercise freedom
By choosing a path of love
Then let it guide you
By choosing a path of love
Then let it guide you