Misheru O'ku's Stories

The Proposal (Haiku)

2008-06-28T14:49:55Z

A platinum ring
Strewn with sapphires & diamonds
Will you marry me?

Unhappy Employee's Song

2008-06-28T14:46:40Z

Anywhere but here
Is where I would like to be

Anywhere but sitting in this chair
Listening to the boss pull his hair

Anywhere but at this desk
Staring at my computer screen

Anywhere but in the office
Listening to my pathetic peers chatter

Anywhere, absolutely, anywhere but here
Is where I would rather be

Belated Quarter Life Crisis

2008-06-28T14:43:27Z

There comes a time
When one becomes complacent
about life.

“What to do,
When all has been accomplished?”
Undergraduate and graduate school completed.
Good job.
Good family.

“Set more goals?”
“Do what exactly?”
I asked myself.

I find that lack of challenging work
And sitting in a cube
Has me just wanting to float on by,
Following the career current that will
Push me through life.

My thoughts wander to how,
I would like to quit my corporate job,
And become a writer,
But that’s not going to fly,
When you have bills to pay.

But I can always dream, right?

This is Just to Say

2008-05-01T01:35:10Z

This is just to say. . .

I’m sorry I threw your stuff out the window. Specifically, your records, DJ equipment, CDs, iPod, clothes, and whatever else appeared to be yours. It just seemed like a good idea at the time, when I found out you were having sex with that slut next door.

On second thought, I really don’t regret it at all. And I think I’m going to also key your car . . . and call your mother. I’ll tell her about all the pot you smoked, how you dropped out of school, and used the money she sent you for tuition to buy your drugs and booze.

I’ll be gone by the time you’ve discovered what I’ve done and the only thing you’ll have to remember me by is this note, if you even remember me at all. Because I also came to find out, you have many more whores than you know what to do with. Good luck guessing which one did this and left this note.

Love,

Your Darling Ex-girlfriend(s)

Excerpt from a diary of today's career woman

2008-05-01T00:53:57Z

Women in the corporate world are seen as dispensable rather than as long term investments. Men assume they will leave once kids are in the picture and that their goals include becoming trophy wives.

Men don’t acknowledge that sometimes we are the bread winners, the ones who support the household, the ones who also like to drive sports cars, and are driven and ambitious.

That’s completely ignored, until women become one of them. By becoming sterile, an unemotional drone with dollar signs in their eyes, divorced, and alone.

EXIT (Haiku)

2008-04-29T17:06:06Z

Above the entrance . . .

Illuminated in green . . .

In big bold letters . . .

Wash and Blow-dry

2008-04-29T10:51:43Z

I love the smell
Of just washed hair
The clean scent
The way it shines
Falls on my face
Comforts me
Still warm
From the blow-dryer’s heat
A blanket over my head
Tucked behind my ears
Lulling me

Stuck

2008-04-26T14:25:59Z

The clock ticks
Its time to go
But others remain
Who don’t allow you to move

Shackled to this desk
A slave because of life choices

If I had chosen the simple life
Maybe I wouldn’t have to worry
About the whispering voices

Self Portrait

2008-03-30T17:21:19Z

Dark chocolate tresses
Frame her sand colored skin
Her eyes expose a black hole within

Only when she writes
Does a light fill her eyes,
Revealing a plethora of possibilities
Held within her chrysalis

A Poet’s Resolutions

2008-03-16T19:19:38Z

Ah, sweet resolutions!

Courses of action
We decide or determine
To take in the New Year.
However, rarely accomplished
Although made with good intentions.

Mine includes finding a muse,
To inspire me to put words
Onto the blank page,

To take me to that higher plain
Where the fresh green grass grows
And the flowers bloom,

To take me down
To the core of the earth
Where demons tend to the fire. . .

Ah, sweet muse!
If only I could find you!

Missed Opportunities

2008-03-16T00:33:46Z

10.

“Happy New Year!” the crowd yelled.

He stared into her eyes.
She stared back.
Both hesitant to move.

He then gently leaned over,
Gave her a kiss on the cheek,
And left her standing there.

Amidst the lit sparklers,
Family, friends,
Fireworks, and confetti.

And she thought to herself
“Not even 1 minute has gone by . . .
And I’ve already missed an opportunity this year.”

Ode to Spitzer

2008-03-15T16:27:55Z

The great leader Pericles
Faces punishment for his sins
Particularly, for his association with Aspasia,
Who ran a brothel while acting as his political aide.

Remorse will always be with him
His family stands by proudly in shame
He lost the faith and trust of his compatriots
No apology could fix the damage he has done
Thus, he took responsibility for his conduct
And resigned from his throne.

As he removed his crown
He said, “Our greatest glory
Consists not in never falling,
But in rising every time we fall.”
And subsequently thanked the people
For the privilege of service.

At that moment,
A wave of laughter emerged from the crowd,
As they threw rotten apples in his direction,
And yelled, “Good Riddance!”
While others stood by silently
And mourned for their great hero.

The Other Half

2008-03-15T15:17:12Z

He has big dreams,
But hides them all,
Unafraid to invest in himself,
An unpretentious individual.

A writer,
A musician,
A mathematician,
A master of multiple languages,
A true renaissance man.

My rough diamond
He is difficult to cut.

Life

2008-03-15T13:41:07Z

1 part sweat, 2 parts perseverance…...................................

Coping Mechanism

2008-03-13T14:04:25Z

Another day and night spent at work
Toiling away at the numbers
Everything is always due yesterday or today
God forbid it gets done tomorrow.

Little Molly makes it through
Thanks to Mr. Penguin.

He helps her make copies,
He helps her review her work,
He stands by and oversees
And makes sure she doesn’t go berserk.

“Your stuffed animal is an inspiration to us all,” a co-worker stated.

Consequently, the next day, to Molly’s surprise,
Mr. Penguin now had friends . . .
For there was a Penguin in each and every cube
Of cubicle land.