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nor sun or bright light,
will mask the ultimate fear...
of closing one's eyes
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nyc·to·pho·bia: (Noun) fear of the dark
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Lamar Wiggins
Creative writer in the Northeast US who loves the paranormal, mystery, true crime, horror, humor, fantasy and poetry.
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The contrast between light and the fear of darkness is beautifully expressed.
A frightfully well done haiku by any standard!! Congrats on getting honourable mention last week, Lamar!!
l-bud ~ Well another new face for you to cover. I can't even say nyctophobia three times really fast - or (1) time for that matter..! j.bud
Wooohooooo congratulations on your Leaderboard placement! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Ooh I used to have this as a child. Well expressed!
I used to have that phobia. I needed a night light at night, not anymore. Can you imagine a person having fear of closing their eyes. Thats some sleepless night.
I felt like this was fear generally, but ultimately, the dark here stands for death for me.
Excellent work, Lamar! I've overcome my fear of the dark, but it took a lot of work.
Well-wrought!
Bravo! Well done.
Extraordinary. You keep this creative streak up and your sure to find your way back to the winner’s circle, Lamar!
A new fear to add to my collection. And one of those fears that just grows as I get older, for other reasons
Now I wonder if nyctophobics get scared when they close their eyes 🤔🤔🤔
New word to me, Lamar, thanks for sharing and for putting it so poetically. I sometimes fear to close my eyes lest it should be for the final time. Though so far it never has LOL
Its very sad when someone has such fear. Nicely done.
I suffer slight nyctophobia. Got to have a small light on! A cool one!
I was just thinking this while watching a horror movie. Monsters are scary but the dark is always worse. You know what to expect when you can see things. The unexpected is the most terrifying thing. Great one here! Truly scary in my opinion!!
Thanks for teaching me a new word!
Very Well done! Go Lamar! 💪🏾
A friend submitting some last minute haikus!! Love this one - great vocab word, introduced through a clever, chilling haiku. :)