Haiku Challenge for Oct. 5: ‘Rise’

Today’s haiku challenge:

Today's @baffled #HaikuChallenge: any haiku you like, as long as it has the word 'rise' in it….

— baffled (@baffled) October 5, 2020

My style is the five/seven/five syllable structure. Here are my 10 haiku poems:

I would rise from the
ashes like a phoenix, but
cliches hold me down.

I would rise from the
ashes like a phoenix, but
it’s comfortable.

I would rise from the
ashes like a phoenix, but
more burning to do.

I would rise from the
ashes like a phoenix, if
I didn’t burst again.

I would rise from the
ashes of my depression
but they’re smothering.

I would rise from the
ashes of anxiety, but
I’m afraid of heights.

Rise above the pain
a ghost above a waking
body, sleepwalking.

Rise in the morning,
then go back to sleep — defeat
heavy on the eyes.

Rise in the morning,
napalm in the coffee; this
is the best it gets.

Rise in the morning,
filter eyes through dark curtains,
a world seen in grays.