Futile thrashing; Lull.
Silent, bloody screaming, "no!"
Inescapable.
About the Creator
Jessica McGlaughlin
"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing."
A piece of paper taped to a wall of an elementary school said this, it really resonated with me.
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Comments (4)
You describe the emotion of this particular phobia in an imaginative way. š
This is fantastic. Such a stunning lesson in the power of brevity in haiku/senryu. Well done!
A strikingly concise portrayal of terror and helplessness. The minimalist phrasing intensifies the claustrophobic emotion, letting each word echo with raw vulnerability.
Short but powerful, it feels like a nightmare frozen in time.