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I stand upon a twisted stage--
above a crowd of stone.
I know that comfort's far away,
and confidence has flown.
I see a bird without a fear
Asleep beneath the noise
With a gun to his chest, wounds self inflicted:
What were his last moments like?
As he bled out, face down in the grass;
all alone with his final thoughts.
The night my best friend took his own life.
Tick tock, tick tick tock,
There goes the familiar rhythm of the clock,
As the notes align with the beats in my chest,
Vibrations surge through my fingers fighting to remain at rest.
I was alone,
Fear has no fears
So why should I
Fear has no mouth
Yet it closes mine
It arrives in disguise
And darkens the eyes
It seeks to divide
To fog up the mind
I’ve heard about you
How you linger and lurk
You latch onto your victims so heavily
Leaps of faith become walks
Walks into crawls
I’ve experienced you, I know you exist
Panic. Constricting. Its waking up at three in the morning in a cold sweat. Crying for no reason. Gasping for breath. It makes us dread the incoming morning. Keeps us awake at night. It's a shadow following us like a dog at our heels.
I am the small voice that fades into the background,
I am the cowardly dog who puts down their head,
I am the thought that never gets to be expound,
A leap of faith is all that it takes to make it
Don't run from your fear just rise up and face it
If you want to be free don't wait any longer
It is by a leap of faith that God makes you stronger
Fear is a concept of the mind, they say
But hey, a new city sears through our brain
Because even though we decay
It still keeps us from prey
Alas! The triumph of introspection
The human soul is unconquerable
College.
A big word, a thrilling word, a costly word, a scary word.
There was a time when that word meant very little to me,
A vague term that had nothing to do with my life.
Now it draws ever closer,
How to catch a fear...
You see it’s very easy if you know the know,
but first you should start slow,
what if your not good enough..
See this question for me has always been tough,
but laying in my bed,
Fear is to tangles, no out-
Brain high, mired up.
Face HIGH, Breath HIGH, Thoughts HIGH-
When TALK, You Get TALKED.
Minus the Gratitude, Birth the MAD-
When sight Rich, comes the END of the BAD.
Because she is afraid she will die before it Sits in my lap hissing This hollow poltergeistOf what could be My dad calls me selfishFor not taking care of my Abuela and her imaginary cat
greeted by light i entered this world
content with a brightness i never questioned.
the darkness was anger, loss and hurt,
those things i’ve been taught to fear.
My goal in life is chasing discomort.
Everyday I wake up at 6 for an ice baptism.
Discomfort begins growth.
My alarms screams at me.
Creating discomfort grows growth.
The shower starts, ice falls.
it’s a hell of a lot to take in and with one big breath you inhale for what seems like
four years
one century
an eight count
The Golden Kids,
That's the group everyone wants to be in.
In my school It's the kid with the AP’s that gets the recognition.
That's the Kid who will succeed.
Funny how the littlest things seem so big
Ironic how the ones you love are the ones who hurt you
Stupid how the easier route gets chosen over the most thorough
I do not have any fears
As they are are all too trivial to me.
Why cry in front of a bug?
Why scream in a small room?
Tires skidding
Metal crushing
My scream echoes.
I jolt awake
Blinking in the
Darkness, haunted
Breath heavy, the drive.
My leg aches.
I close my eyes:
Fear taunted me with my weaknesses
It reminded me how I could fail
Every day it gained ground in my life
While my aspirations got father from my reach
But just as the night brings darkness
Fear!
It isn't so fun passing out at the biggest time of your senior year.
All the excitement comes to an end when you end up in the hospital that same night.
Weeks go by and tests are ran.
No answers.
A pounding heartbeat
Sweaty palms and shaky hands
Dread
Taking over your entire body
It’s everywhere
You can’t move
Trapped in place
Trapped in your own mind
Fear wrapping around you
I ------ have a habit of searching for inspiration in the exterior of faceless people-- and wonder why my pages always end up -- blank.
It's hard leaving your home
But you have to go
Those tears you cried wont be in vain
All that hurt you felt, that awful pain
Will wash away under the summer rain
You'll see them again
Fear is a road, a crevice, and the dark in between
Fear is the ghost that haunts the bad dreams,
It’s your pulse, and your lungs,
Both moving too fast
A shadow is fear, and so is the dark
They say the only thing to be afraid of is fear
itself, as if it’s some kind of
reassurance, a pat on the back
a little too hard, slamming all of the air out
of a pair of lungs too desperate for
Every move I made
Myself followed behind I
Every hope I dreamt
Myself doubted
Every step I pushed toward
Myself pulled me back to safety
Til one day
I turned around
Fear of failure
Fear of decepcion
Fear of Love
Fear of the Future
Fear of Life...
We fear everything because thats the way things are
If their was no fear how would we strive to get to places
It was all or nothing, and I wanted nothing to do with you.
It was only instinct that I fear you with, with your fabricated smile and masked appearnace.
While others laughed in a party game, I wept in a ball pit.
Fear
Perhaps our greatest friend,
He knows us all to well.
He knows when we fret, when we hesitate,
And he comes, as would a mother,
To take us away to feel safer.
Yet still, he overbears.
Panic
A sheet of red covering my brain
Breaths coming fast
Too fast.
No danger, just my thoughts,
As I ride in the back
The landscape passes by,
And I decide
To throw my panic to the wind
Too tall,
Too scared,
To confident.
Diamondback
Roller coaster
“Enjoy the ride”.
*click, *click, *click
Higher,
And higher
It climbs: to the top
“I see the entire park”
You know, I do like my Uggs
They are soft, cozy, and not vegan
People say “those are girl's boots” and I give them a shrug
do you want me to tell you what is it like to live in fear?
what is it like to know, each day, that there are people who want you dead?
people who view your kind as immoral?
I was told I was too selfish
so I gave pieces of myself away
to people who didn’t give a damn
about the feelings I was trying to convey
I stuck with them through thick and thin
Here we are on an open road,
The trees are green and swaying.
Here we are on an open road,
I thank the breeze for staying.
For my backseat driver keeps tapping me,
And putting out his input.
The definition of fear is subjective but usually can be followed along simmilar lines
Like a huge graph where everyone's lines cross with eachother through to infinity
But not all fear is the same
I’m not going to do this.
I turn in the application with shaky hands.
I’m never going to capture their attention.
I make colorful posters and pretty flyers.
I don’t know what I can offer.
How many times has Fear limited me?
Too many to count.
But enough is enough,
Because Fear has been speaking for us too long.
He's there,
From dawn to dusk.
Fills all with despair,
Leaving them as empty husks.
He pervades our body and mind.
Coming from our inner shadows,
Stopping us in time and leaving us blind,
Even if I'm not happy, Jesus will still be here.
God will still hold my hand when I'm filled with fear.
They still think I'm beautiful when I think I'm ugly.
The deadly silence beckons me
Total darkness is surrounding me
How can I escape this hell?
The silence gets louder and louder
The box is getting smaller and smaller
Let it go
Scream it out
Fear
A safe zone.
My safe zone.
Like an exhausted shell, of an old aged Crab
protecting itself from all the bad things..
Restricting, retaining,
I was a boy, it appeared
Running or walking, it followed
Crying or laughing, it loomed
It was attached
I sobbed
Slowly, it grew
Quick, I hide it
Expose it to light
Its a part of me
I feel like I'm drowning
Retreating into my mind
My brain hurts
My legs numb
My arms heavy and palms sweaty
Body throbbing and tears streaming
I lay, crying
And sobbing
And scratching
Breathe.
Blade to skin
Blade to skin
The pain will go away.
Breathe.
Blade to counter
Blade to counter
Pain doesnt kill pain.
Breathe.
Blade away
Blade away
Hopeless
Hopeless is how I felt.
In counseling with tears streaming down my face and no regard,
For my makeup smearing revealing I had lost any sense of grace.
Fear freezes me to the spot
The lights create heat on my face
I'm scared
Absolutely horrified
This is my one chance
I can't mess this up
A solo
It's just me at the front of the stage
I can't stop thinking about you
Now don't go and flatter yourself
I don't miss you
I don't miss what we "had"
I don't miss it at all
Last time we met
you sat across from me,
teeth bared, eyes wide, a complete threat,
Now flashbacks cloud my mind and i want to be free.
My heart races and fear claws at my throat,
Engraved in the heart of you and me
From pink birth to dark death
Is a warrior's creed
A list of rules for you and me:
Rule 1) Never be the first to run
Rule 2) Know when you are done
