Thank you, Kelly Trost! I, too, am honored by your nomination for morning haiku. (Though, these days, I am pressed to arrive to write in the morning in this space, midafternoon will have to do!)

Soon defeats my fear,

A hand pressed prayer, closed eyes.

I trust in the dark.

My last line is your first line:

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