Inaugural Haiku

[El Dingo]

Hmmm - Postive:

Eight years of torture
I still gaze out the window
Hope lives on inside

Negative:

The house is destroyed
Even the new carpenter
is filled with despair

Does Haiku really work in English? We have so many words that 'share' syllables. Especially verbs 'de-stroy-ed' (2 syllables or 3?). I guess if you look at it poetically it could be 'destroy'd',

English is messed up.