1. Nothing To Fear
You poor little girl,
You never grew up.
Trapped in this vessel,
Your feelings erupt.
Fear Poems
Poems about Facing Fear
Fear is a part of life. It is part of the range of feelings that humans experience on a daily basis. In our culture, fear has come to be experienced as negative. However, the truth is that fear is a perfectly normal feeling to experience and we would all feel a lot better if we simply allowed ourselves to feel it fully. If we do not we will have somatic symptoms of fear that are much more painful than simply allowing the feeling to be felt.
26 Poems about Difficult Decisions
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Featured Shared Story
I agree with you. I believe it's reassuring to many that there's hope for a child's fear to end as an adult, that our fears can end for we're now grown enough to care for ourselves the way we...
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2. Fear
Famous Poem
It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.
She looks back at the path she has traveled, -
3. Traffic Light
This traffic light inside my head
Is always green and never red.
My thoughts, my dreams, and all my fears,
They all speed past my listening ears.Featured Shared StoryBlessings to you all, I can't say what brought me to this site other than the Holy Spirit. And it allowed me to pause for quite some time reading all of the poems and feedback posted. I know...
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4. Past, Present, Future
My eyes glistening with tears,
But not yet fallen.
I'm crying, but they're silent tears.
I'm crying on the inside so you are unable to seeFeatured Shared StoryMy dad had epilepsy, and i remember waking up in the middle of the night to hear him crying because of his seizures, because he had accidentally hurt one of us. As a kid I was always having...
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5. Brothers
My brother, my friend, flesh of eternal flesh.
I hold you tightly in my mind.
Our need of life is without words.
We say little to one another but are so alike. -
6. Consumed
Dark mornings know me best,
Know the fear I suppress.
It consumes my heart,
Constricts it tight. -
7. The Genius Of The Crowd
Famous Poem
There is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
Human being to supply any given army on any given day
And the best at murder are those who preach against it -
8. Loneliness
You come in waves
And suffocate me sweetly.
When I think I'm okay,
You sneak in discreetly. -
9. Baby Blues
No words can describe what I feel when I look at you.
The glory of your smile brings light to this place.
So simple yet so impossible to understand.
Every move you make is taken in with grace.Featured Shared StoryThis is exactly how I feel. I have always suffered with mental health issues, but when my partner left me last year, I fell to pieces. Even more than a year on, I struggle every day with...
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10. Waiting For Truth
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? -
11. Will I Lose Myself?
Will I slowly wither like a leaf
That falls upon the earth?
Once void of all its Autumn hues,
It loses all its worth. -
12. Thoughts Of A Convict
Someday the gates will open,
and once more I'll be free.
A fact that makes me wonder,
"What will become of me?"Featured Shared StoryI am a female who is out on parole. I spent 5 years of my life in prison for my crime. They said my punishment was for rehabilitation, but instead they just locked me away. I didn't learn how...
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13. Last Resort
A plethora of predicaments race in my mind at best.
Which one can I fathom to ponder about next?
Shall I even think of acting upon what my mind stirs about,
or cry my soul asleep by this never-ending drought?Featured Shared StoryI grew up watching my dad and mum argue every single night, he bashed her, over and over again. If it hurt me and I was only watching, imagine being her. Attacked with a chair, with a beer...
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14. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Fear
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. -
15. It
I'm running out of breath.
I can't believe it's so hard to breathe.
My heart's pounding in my chest
As I wonder if IT found me.Featured Shared StoryThis is so special because I was scared to death of coming out to my family as gay for years. Then one day, I looked myself in the eyes and saw the fear leave my body. It was indeed a very...
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16. Fear Itself Is Undefined
I lie on my bed, soaking my pillow with my tears.
I try to remember exactly what it is that I fear.
Is it the passing of time or the love that I lack?
Is it the mistakes that I've made or the fact that I can't bring the past back?Featured Shared StoryI deal with the same things every day...the depression of my past and the pain that I have lived through with traumatizing moments since I was a young child. Growing up, I've been through a...
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17. The Hunter Of Utterance Of Destruction
He's the hunter of utterance of destruction
He sleeps when I'm awake
I long to hear him whisper
To give my ears a breakFeatured Shared StoryThat poem was so deep and thoughtful. I can tell that the author put much effort into it to write it. It inspired me because I have been verbally bullied before and I like to write poems...
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18. The Shatter Of My Tear
Afraid to love
Afraid to hold
All the stories untold
Why am I afraidFeatured Shared StoryThis poem really touched my emotions. I'm a 23 year old guy. I was deeply in love with one girl in our neighborhood; we had been dating for 2 years, I loved her, trusted her, called her a...
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19. Trusting
Trusting someone
it's like walking with your eyes closed.
Trusting no one
is a sure way to lose those you hold close.Featured Shared StoryI can relate. I'm going through something like it with my boyfriend.
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20. The Secrets We Hide
We struggle to have meaning
in this world, which we all know.
We try, but yet we wonder
where we all should go.Featured Shared StoryPoetry is life, it gives hope to the hopeless and stimulates courage.
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