Night's Painful Embrace
A Haiku of Restless Struggles
By DaphsamPublished about a year ago • 1 min read
nightly visitor
coils around my scorching limbs
time slows to a crawl
About the Creator
Public Announcement Challenge Winners
For the Public Announcement Challenge, writers were asked to work inside voices built for control. These were notices, warnings, and updates meant to inform rather than confess. The strongest entries committed to that form and didn't break from it. Corporate memos, formal government alerts, and internal policy language were held consistently, allowing emotion, fear, grief, or humor to surface indirectly through pressure rather than declaration. The following poems recognize the voice of authority, and let human feeling slip through despite all its rules and restraint.
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Comments (7)
No one likes this visitor. Ugh, go away! Loved your poem!
Insomnia is a terrible night visitor. And this was clever!
For me it is doing the old relaxation trick where you tense up each muscle then let it relax moving from head to toe, usually by the time I reach my legs I am sleeping soundly. Good luck and good job.
A few sips of beer and i am out, never half or a bottle, just sips. Quiet and complete darkness is a big winner too. that is a regular visitor to us all.
The dreams must be terrible. Not a nice thing insomnia, counting sheep does not help me. I can relate.
ugh....I host the same visitor
Very vivid!