09-03-2014, 08:38 AM
The last line is fabulous. A warm and lovely piece. billy's suggestions for stripping it down to its barest elements are good, if you really want to make this a haiku. As it stands, however, you could just remove the haiku label and call it a short poem, which it's a fine example of
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe

