Content Warning: The image and #haiku contain themes of isolation and suicide.

*Welfare check not needed

#Poetry #Christmas #MentalHealthMatters

Below is a link to an alternative longer poem on the same subject, "Silent Night, Shattered Sight (Neurodivergent Nightmare)."

#CW still applies.

Unlike the haiku, it's an extended, honest, raw outpouring of complex issues and pain.

Free verse, rhyme, varying line lengths & #enjambment create unease—vivid #imagery & repetition of "in the silent night" emphasise isolation—a call to action.

#Neurodivergent #MentalHealth #Poetry #FreeVerse

https://allpoetry.com/poem/18173735-Silent-Night--Shattered-Sight--Neurodivergent-Nightmare--by-David-Wakeham-adult

#ICYMI, here is the link to a pinned thread.

I can't say it will help, but I hope it will show you are not alone.

https://mastodon.social/@wakehamAMR/111435189335589571