Nine Steps Down (A Sunset Haiku)

“Nothing is more frightening than a hero that lives to tell his story.”

                                                             Carlos Ruiz Zafon

                                              (The Shadow Of The Wind)

1.

Tears welling up.

I will not

see you.

2.

The universe’s

weeping –

I miss you.

3.

My pain

isn’t me.

I dive in it.

4.

Dark, red rose

Is the key

to all doors.

5.

There are

no doors down

in the desert.

6.

Ocean of roses

the mad sun

imposes.

7.

Is life

a mirage

in the desert?

8.

Oasis or

vision

I see?

9.

A dark, red rose

I bring –

you saved me.