A Haiku for Every Time I've Hated You
i.
i hated you when
you seemed to decide that i
was not good enough
ii.
i hated you more
when you started to ignore
me because it hurt
iii.
i hated you as
i painted my skin with scars
and you didn’t see
iv.
i hated you when
i made the effort and you
acted like you cared
v.
i hated you as
i watched you go back again
to your other friends
vi.
and then again when
you repeated the same trick
ignore, remember
vii.
and when i gave up
i hated you then because
we’ll rinse and repeat
i hated you when
you seemed to decide that i
was not good enough
ii.
i hated you more
when you started to ignore
me because it hurt
iii.
i hated you as
i painted my skin with scars
and you didn’t see
iv.
i hated you when
i made the effort and you
acted like you cared
v.
i hated you as
i watched you go back again
to your other friends
vi.
and then again when
you repeated the same trick
ignore, remember
vii.
and when i gave up
i hated you then because
we’ll rinse and repeat