Comforter


I was born into silence.
The noise of its anger
was the lullaby before nightmares.

Insomnia was my comforter.

©Susie Clevenger 2017

Comments

kaykuala said…
Insomnia was my comforter.

It is a lesser evil obviously!

Hank
Anonymous said…
Brilliant
Thotpurge said…
Strong...dark as well...
Powerful – also in the unsaid.
Jim said…
Few little words, says a lot. Sad blanket.
Literally hiding under covers as well.
..
brudberg said…
I think I've had moments when falling asleep was being pulled into nightmares too.
Anonymous said…
Inspired writing. Really powerful.
Bekkie Sanchez said…
A strong write, Susie!