This is not an uplifting or motivational poem. This poetry won't pull you out of the darkness you're trapped in.
No. This is a poem about fears that we all encounter in our daily lives, yet hide those behind a mask.
Our fears are different but that doesn't mean it's any less serious or that it should be ignored!

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Fear

I feared the blinding light in me,
More than the surrounding darkness.

I feared that if I try harder,
I might fall deeper.

I feared the devil in my head,
Over the monster on the road.

I feared the perceptible,
More than the invisible.

I feared my inner battles,
more than the world's chaos.

I feared right and wrong,
And that I had to choose.

I feared that I fear even the little things,
When the bigger ones are yet to come.

I feared the torments awaiting to be endured,
As I struggled to breathe.

I was too occupied
with my inner anxieties,
that I turned a blind eye
to the physical crises.

Out of the blue,
the fear drifted away
like a snap of a finger!
And I sat there obliviously,
Wondering how
the impossible became possible.

Did the fears surpass its
thresholds?
Or was the nervousness bidding farewell to me?

It took me a moment to realise that,
Those mindless fears are far gone,
Along with the one
who possessed them.

That, sitting here is just my spirit
While it's my corpse laying on the bed.
And that, I'm no more alive, literally.

~Nafia ❣

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