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A little Haiku for a contest

Just having fun playing with Haiku!!!

Not your happy little haiku.......

Even the tiniest seed struggles Clawing it's way Through mounds of dirt Escaping insects and weeds Reaching, searching for the light To fulfill i..

Money profane while Stomachs ache, dying of cold Lone winter year round

Barren trees now sleep Under bright soltice moonlight Whisper dark secrets

Crawling under tiny school desks Bomb warnings blaring Practicing for the big one Making basements into shelters Water hoses, and dead bodies pili..

...another attempt at Haiku while coping with some of life's tickles

My attempt at Haiku

..expressing the feeling after hearing Brook's tumor has grown..she is only 3 y/o and has been fighting ATRT cancer for over 17 months now..........