Haiku

Just Leave Me Alone

To Write a Haiku of Mine

Five, Seven, then Five.

Is that per stanza?

Otherwise, there'd be no space.

Must I work with that?

Mean more with less words:

That's what a haiku demands.

And is it's beauty.

Too many rules but

Within, there is much freedom.

Like society,

Do you not agree?

Innovate, they say. Venture

But remember: Law.

Play. Have fun. Enjoy.

But suspicious articles

Must be looked out for.

Vibrant, dynamic

Youths. But only after school.

Young has become old.

This is my country.

This is my flag: Lost and drowned?

Globalisation.

Now, where had I been?
Oh, yes. About my haiku,
How do I proceed?

Simple? Difficult?
I lack the required skill
What should my tone be?

Let myself conform?
Or search for new expression?
No, impossible:

I have learnt from school --
Following proven methods
Will never go wrong.

Now, wrong is a sin.
A red, ugly cross results.
I cannot risk wrong.

But again, I stray.
What can I try for haiku-s?
That strikes a balance?

I just remembered
My friend telling me before
About his haiku:

"This is my haiku.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
This is my haiku."

Simple, safely too,
It evokes a happiness.
That is encouraged.

An ignorant bliss.
That promotes concession and
not disunity.

Question tradition
Government closes one eye.
But keep them above.

Turn VS co-ed
Equality of females.
Just don't question them.

A simple haiku
Provoking not government.
Safe from censorship

I shall use it too.
Keep me safe from government.
That is common sense.

"This is his haiku
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
This is his haiku"