{"sf1_id":334310,"sf2_id":"rn9GGBye","title":"Poem #23: Fear","author":"bhscorch1313","words":119,"posted_at":"2012-02-03T23:49:00.000Z","tags":["Fear","Poetry"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/334310-poem-23-fear","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rn9GGBye","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/18/29/1829dfba-4301-423b-8d04-29c225b165e9","description":"#23 of Poetry\n\nSomewhat self-explanatory. I wrote this in anticipation to becoming a senior, when I would become an adult and get ready to leave my childhood behind and embrace new responsibilities as an adult.","content":"_Fear_\n\nFear   \nLives within each of us   \nWaiting to come   \nAnd control\n\nTo sabotage   \nInstill Darkness   \nLight   \nLife   \nand Death\n\nFear   \nIs all around you   \nIn your dreams   \nYour vision   \nYour world\n\nIt is inescapable   \nUncontrollable   \nUndesirable   \nInvisible   \nAnd complex\n\nFear   \nWashes away sanity   \nGrants purity   \nDestroys validity   \nAnd instills bravery\n\nTo be fearless   \nImpossible   \nTo deny it   \nUnforgiveable   \nBut to conquer it   \nFavorable\n\nFear   \nThe thing itself   \nIs itself   \nInvigorates   \nStrengthens itself   \nReveals   \nAnd weakens itself\n\nThe climax of emotion   \nCourse of action   \nA calling   \nFight   \nOr flight\n\nFear   \nIts cloak   \nWrapped around us all   \nNo escape   \nBut salvation   \nFrom Fear.\n\n~bhscorch\n\n[![Creative Commons License](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nd/3.0/88x31.png)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/)  \n\"Fear\" by bhscorch is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/)\n\n  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"Poetry","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/334304-poem-22-violence.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/334312-poem-24-illusion.json"}}