Haikus - Ancient Japanese Poetry Gone Modern

Dysfunctional mess

Sad brown eyes beseeching me

Do NOT judge me, please

If you follow me on Twitter (@ReneeRays) you'll know that I tend to post Haikus on all kinds of subjects.

Many of the poets I follow or whose tweets I come across do as well. Some stick to the ancient art form (nature).

But for me the challenge is to catch my thoughts and put them in a 5,7,5 scheme, making the haikus follow my thought patterns.

There is another poetry form from Japan, called Tanka. It has a similar rhyme scheme:
5,7,5,7,7.
So far I have not tried this, but today my gut tells me I should. So: can I bend my Haiku into a Tanka? Let's find out.

Dysfunctional mess

Sad brown eyes beseeching me

Do NOT judge me, please

I too have my pride, you see

and I will pretend I am strong

Hm.

That wasn't too hard.

Perhaps I'll switch to Tankas from time to time.