The tired traveller
Sits beside the winding road
Dazed and quite confused

Lonely wanderer
Traversing such a distance
Only in circles

Meaning slips away
Words are unwieldy weapons
That work against us

Here's a quaint senryū by John Cooper Clarke:
To express oneself
in seventeen syllables
is very diffic

I don't disagree with him, but people tend to waffle when strict limitations are not imposed on them.