{"sf1_id":1795216,"sf2_id":"214rx8wm","title":"Poem: Being Afraid","author":"zetasyanthis","words":88,"posted_at":"2021-12-12T22:35:00.000Z","tags":["Dragoness","Fear","Mental heath","Poem"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1795216-poem-being-afraid","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/214rx8wm","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/e8/94/e894167b-d04e-4a7e-b8cf-fcf3f8399cc9","description":"#5 of 2021 Mental Health Crisis\n\nA poem about sharing the fact that we're all afraid inside.","content":"Being afraid, all the time,  \nBeing afraid, forever,\u0026nbsp;  \nBeing afraid, in your mind,  \nand labelled \"disturbed\" forever.\n\nBeing unseen, and being afraid,  \nand being forever lost,  \nWe need each other; we need ourselves  \nto cope with darkest loss.\n\nTo hope for days with sunshine new,  \nwe know not how to do.  \nWe only know death's siren call  \ntelling us what to do.\n\nWe hide our hearts  \nWe hide our souls,  \nWe hide our heartstrings too.  \nWe do not know how to come forth  \nand share our terror too.\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"2021 Mental Health Crisis","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1795215-poem-being-seen.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/1795218-poem-finally-sleeping.json"}}