Fear

Living in fear 

or is fear living in me?

Trying to let of it 

is futile as it seems

Letting go of me 

Don't think is its current intention 

Sat on my own

I think about it a lot 

The more I ponder 

The larger it grows 

Mind is its residence 

Like a parasite it breeds 

Heart is intolerant 

To this hideous thing  

Reviews

[Roger Turgeon]

The heart and mind aren't always in agreement...whether in pain or in love.

[Glen Yumang Manese]

Living in fear
or is fear living in me?

Trying to let of it
is futile as it seems

Letting go of me
Don't think is its current intention

Sat on my own
I think about it a lot

The more I ponder
The larger it grows

Mind is its residence
Like a parasite it breeds

Heart is intolerant
To this hideous thing
---
Living in fear
or is fear living in me?

Trying to let go of it
is futile as it seems

Letting go of me
Don't think it's
fear's current intention

Sat on my own
I think about it a lot

The more I ponder
The larger it grows

Mine is its residence
Like a parasite it breeds

Heart is intolerant
To this hideous thing
---
we all have the fear at times...its the part of ignoring it...
and it does go away...since fear is fear itself ---
made up in our heads to accept...
I did a little edit an with this one...see if you like it...

[Micheal Firth]

The fear we breed in our mind especially in solitude can be both frightful and intriguing. Open your mind and your heart to the notion that the fear is only a part of you, but just as you can control breathe, while other times it functions automatically, our fear resides mostly on automatic, don't forget you can always turn it off and take a look at everything from the perspective of a shoe.

[PP]

Thank you Micheal, one way of my attempt to control that fear was to write about it! Much appreciate your view :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

fear can just eat us up if we let it...it will hinder all movement of the mind and heart.

beautifully sad poem...second stanza first line, did you mean "trying to let go of it"?

[PP]

Hi Jacob, thank you for the review. How are you? Yes I meant exactly that, need to watch out for my typos !

[Aethereal]

You expressed the contrast between love and fear very well in your poem, and with a simple format too: Your poem inspired me to write this tiny mono-rhyme gift poem for you which you may keep as your own: Mono-rhymes are the easiest poems to write:

Love & Fear

Look at me my dear.
I’m the face of fear.
I’m a puppeteer.

Watch me sit and leer,
whisper in your ear,
take away your cheer.
You jump when I’m near.

My strings are severe,
yet it’s very clear
that love’s more sincere,
so let her appear
to wipe every tear.

[PP]

Thank you muchly, love the little poem that you've written :)

[Aethereal]

You''re welcome!

[Sami Khalil]

I like how you described fear as a parasite that lives and breeds. I also like the fact of the heart at the end. Brilliant...:)...............

[PP]

Thank you Sami, much appreciate your comment :)

[Sami Khalil]

Muchly welcome...:).................

[PP]

.............:)

[Sami Khalil]

:)............................