Welcome everyone to yet another haiku. I can’t believe how many of these I’ve written, although I think I say that every time. This is part of my series of creative distractions within the COPE campaign, and a list of your own distraction ideas can be found on the stress hacks page of this website.
As my recent blog post about mental illness and the government narrative shows, if nothing else, we all need to love ourselves more. Sadly it’s not something I excel at, and I know most people with mental health challenges have the same problem.
But writing about self-love in a haiku felt limiting in the 5-7-5 format. Instead, I’ve written 6 stand alone haikus that join together as one story, using the playful dialogue of a man and his partner.
Here’s the haiku collection. I hope it makes you think about loving yourself more, even if it’s through the eyes and opinions of others.
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Love yourself, stupid bitch.
“You know I love you,
So love yourself, stupid bitch”
“I love you more babe,
But I don’t know how”
“You have worth, you’re amazing!”
“No babe. Im failing.
Failing you and her.”
“Okay, let’s ask our daughter.”
“Do you love Mummy?”
“Mummy makes me laugh,
picks me up, and tucks me in”
“Mummy is perfect.”
“You see babe, you’re loved.
But you have to love yourself.”
“Thank you, I love you.
But thats all I’ve got.”
“Ok, then we’ll love you more.
And one day, you’ll see.”
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Remember if you need some distractions from stress then there are more jokes on my Hold Humour page, as well as haikus on Haiku Hope, awful poems on Crap Poems and odd language in Weird Words. I also have a page dedicated to stress hacks and other ideas to try if you need a distraction within the COPE campaign section of this website.
Thanks for visiting.
Creative Steph 