Bride of the Haiku

[lunasariel]

 Talking to my Jay
Always makes me happy. I
Will see him next week.

Grandpa has cancer.
Just found out today, Dad is
Devastated. Brave.

Book: Persepolis.
Anne Frank did me no harm, so
Why is this so bad?

War goes on, bombs fall,
Kids are still kids. Inventing
Games to forget life.

Bright lady, Marjane
Doesn't gloss over her past.
Not hero, just kid.

Why did Frank do nothing
For me? Humans: good and bad.
I accepted that.

I cry for Anoosh:
Brave uncle with two bread-swans
Uncle-swan is dead.

Stupid to cry, now.
One death is a tragedy.
A million, just stats.

This is the problem:
Put yourselves in Marjane's shoes.
Should your uncle die?

My favorite uncle
Dan, too smart for his own good.
Would he be shot too?

War is not just names,
Not statistics, or a map,
But those left behind.

Oops, did twelve today.
Whiny emo poems. I
Blame the PMS.