Fear Poems - Page 2

21. Waiting For Truth

• By Lilli Janzen
• Published by Family Friend Poems August 2016 with permission of the Author.

Wait, you say, but I want to know.
Wait, you say, but it's just so slow.
Do I need to live with the questions
Or simply wait for your confession?

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22. Will I Lose Myself?

• By Patricia A Fleming
• Published by Family Friend Poems October 2019 with permission of the Author.

Will I slowly wither like a leaf
That falls upon the earth?
Once void of all its Autumn hues,
It loses all its worth.

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23. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Fear

• By Hanna Eardley
• Published by Family Friend Poems April 2018 with permission of the Author.

Fear is the strangest thing,
as it comes from within our heads.
But that don't stop it tucking us in
when we're safe within our beds.

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24. Paranoia

• By John Raines
• Published by Family Friend Poems July 2016 with permission of the Author.

I know you're there.
Lurking in the darkness of the night,
Cowering in the shadows, avoiding the light,
Crouched behind the curtain or hid beneath the bed,

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25. 615 North Street

• By Lisa E. Sheroan
• Published by Family Friend Poems May 1, 2024 with permission of the Author.

Boom. Boom. Boom.
The rhythmic sound wakes me
From a deep, peaceful sleep
What could it be?

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26. Make It Stop

• By Amy Cutting
• Published by Family Friend Poems November 15, 2023 with permission of the Author.

his belt hung on the wall,
in the backroom where he victimized me;
as mom tried to stop it
the door slammed shut, click,

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