The odds and ends of fears
I've got so many fears,
They all have a root.
My fear of sharks, spiders, and conflict.
My fear of sharks is from Shark Week.
The survivor stories scare me.
And since I live on the west coast, where they are sharks,
I'm glad the water's too cold to swim!
I've got a fear of being attacked by some blood-thirsty fish.
My fear of spiders has a common root.
They look weird and CREEPY!
Having 8 legs is unnatural,
Add 17 million eyes,
No thanks!
When you add the long fangs, and odd stories,
You can count me OUT!
They're just unnatural.
My fear of conflict,
It's a peculiar one.
It is caused by 6 years of fighting between my father, brother, and mother.
It has caused me to stay in my room and type up this poem.
Just kidding, I just don't want to go to bed...
Back on topic...
This fear has made me fearful of people,
With people, comes conflict, with conflict, comes hatred and anger.
I don't want hatred and anger, so I avoid people!
All together...
It's not a good thing,
But my mind is so fearful of the conflict, it makes sense to me,
And I can even defend it!
Reasonably.
This fear caused me to hide in my room for about 6 months.
Only coming out for bathroom breaks, school, and food.
This fear made me avoid support when I needed it most.
I never trusted people, not in the smallest bit.
I never trusted people enough 'till I went to New York on a missions trip
There I learned to trust, and conflict CAN be good!
Unlike spiders and sharks...
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A drop in the ocean
Poetry"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop." Mother Teresa A collection of poetry that I have written (and published separately) that is the hard truth. If you rea...
