# Poem #23: Fear

Author: bhscorch1313
Tags: Fear, Poetry

#23 of Poetry

Somewhat 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.

_Fear_

Fear   
Lives within each of us   
Waiting to come   
And control

To sabotage   
Instill Darkness   
Light   
Life   
and Death

Fear   
Is all around you   
In your dreams   
Your vision   
Your world

It is inescapable   
Uncontrollable   
Undesirable   
Invisible   
And complex

Fear   
Washes away sanity   
Grants purity   
Destroys validity   
And instills bravery

To be fearless   
Impossible   
To deny it   
Unforgiveable   
But to conquer it   
Favorable

Fear   
The thing itself   
Is itself   
Invigorates   
Strengthens itself   
Reveals   
And weakens itself

The climax of emotion   
Course of action   
A calling   
Fight   
Or flight

Fear   
Its cloak   
Wrapped around us all   
No escape   
But salvation   
From Fear.

~bhscorch

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