My Fear

I poem I wrote for a school assignment, think it turned out pretty well.

Standing, trembling,
Shaking in fear.
Not on the outside, but deep within.

Uncertainty, insecurity,
Both factors plaguing my mind and being.

While I'd defend my accomplices,
Like a savage wolf with her pups,
I cower to something,
Though my greatest fear is not of anything materialized.

Myself in the eyes of others,
Is anything but myself,
But rather a mask,
A costume,
To hide my true self.

I can't open,
Like a door,
Slammed shut and locked tight.
The world not knowing the secrecy that is hidden within.

The door is locked,
Unseeable by the world,
Until perhaps I find the key,
My true courage,
To unlock and release my self

In this aspect,
I finally see,
The most courageous of men,
Could be as fearful and lost as me.

Reviews

[Young_writer98]

I like your use of similies