Friday, 24 November 2023

Fear

 


Fear is our way to stop life

from being truly lived.

If we let it grip,

It will sap away

all of our fight, all of our energy.

It holds our gaze,

a predator on the prowl.

Trying to hunt you down.

It makes your mind howl.

Agonising pain as you drown

in the deepening memory rains.

 

Fear sinks into your clothes,

it sticks to your skin,

it flows through your veins.

The beast smells it on me.

 

Fear knows where thoughts hide

when you are scared.

Fear sees you delve deep

into dreams.

It sees the one

with whom you swim

in the oceans of your mind.

It bides its time.

Letting you feel safe.

Comfortable, defences dropped.

It waits. Standing stock still

like a rocky outcrop.

 

Fear never stops eying me.

A feast for its hungry belly.

It rages tirelessly,

like an ever-angering sea.

 

Fear knows when to strike.

When you are filled with hope,

and high on life.

It waits

a little longer still.

Ready for the kill

and as you are

at the pinnacle

of a moment of joy.

It comes in

like a wrecking ball.

Crushing your dreams

in a solid single blow.

Smashes the image

of hope into smithereens,

blown on angry winds.

Then grows a nightmare

from the hateful seeds it has sown.

 

So let go of fear, open arms to hope instead.

Don't let those thoughts fester in your head.

But if it is the hum you hear, 

then maybe dear 

the fear is real. So shed a tear 

and run or the hum will leave you dead.

 

 

 

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