afraid
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Some of us never really learn to fly
Some birds hop from the nest
Destined to taste earth
Destined for the fall
And some of us stay behind
Afraid to fall like the ones we lost
Lying on the floor
My hands wrapped around my throat
Face rapidly red
Tears flowing a watery blue
Heart is nonstop pacing
Sickened of you
I don't know what it is I'm trying to do
The wars my eyes have seen
The bullets emerge from your mouth as you spit and speak
Don't shoot,
I beg
Please surrender
This battle is killing me
My family not being proud of me
My friend loosing her life over a cheater
Moving to Texas to leave everything behind
To be depressed, weak, and unatural
Not seeing my father again
Wolves howl on this silent night.
Singing out anguish to the moon.
Letting their fear and anger be known.
Raising their voices, letting their pain be known.
Fearing death is like fearing a sneeze
After it’s over, people will turn their heads
Some will say bless you
Even those who never knew you
Death came to them and said
"Look at me children"
And they refused to look
So they were reaped with the harvest
Death came to them and said
"Look at me children"
And they looked upon him
wrap myself up in the soft comfort of my blanket
Pulling it over my shoulders and across my chest
Protecting myself from imaginary threats
Everybody wants to talk to me
Everybody wants to know about the secrets that i bottle
The thoughts I keep to myself
Still nobody is ready to know the truth
I wear a mask woven of lies
Hiding behind a happy facade
I wear long sleeves
To cover the scars on my arm
I wear oversized clothes
Crying alone in the dark
Every night it is the same
I’m too sick to make friends
And way Too tired to smile
I'm afraid to feel nothing
I am happy to feel tired
If that is the one thing I am
Then I am tired
Say it as my first name
As my title
I embrace the fatigue
I do not want to be empty
I'm still afraid to make a move
That others may not approve.
I'm still afraid to be myself
As I'm not like everybody else.
I'm still afraid to reveal my heart
Because I can't let things fall apart.
Afraid
Afraid of clowns, afraid of spiders, afraid of the dark
Afraid of the world
No, no something much worse
Afraid of the future
Afraid of the change
Afraid to grow
Failure.
It always going to be this bad.
Grown so desolate, so indulged, so scared.
Do what you want to do.
Do what you can do.
Do the best that you can to succeed.
I’m still lost,
Inside my head.
I’m still lost,
Within this dread.
I’m still lost,
Leave me alone,
I’m still lost,
I was in love once,
And a painful ordeal it was.
I tried so hard to be the perfect one,
To be the one that she wanted.
I didn’t realize then,
I can still hear it ringing in my ear
It’s been months now, but I still can’t shake the fear
Tears roll down my face
Thinking back on the time when I was all but safe
I still remember the stormy weather
I had a smile to give you but I hesitated
I waited until you looked away and then all the sudden my smile snuck out of the back door of my mind and then there was nothing
I waited
That dark slowly consumes me
It’s like inching closer to infinity
Is this what it’s like to not be able to see?
Don’t touch me
Or come near me
Crawled and Bawled in tears
Ponder the overcome
Deep dark
Donder white
Suddenly wishing there was light
Seek help
No sight
Please stop
Please stop
Please stop
Silence
I'm not right in my mind
I'm really out of my mind
Thinking some crazy thoughts
Some about suicide
I don't know what to think
Much Less what to say
So I keep to myself
“Don’t fear the dark” is what I was told
I sit in bed covers to chin covered fully
I look left and right playing Look-See
I am sweating and shaky, I don’t know why
My room is dark as I lay with the shadows
Do you ever think
of how often
you escape
death’s clutches,
and you don’t even notice?
You scare me.
I´m afraid to talk to you
Afraid of what I might give
And what I might get back
You scare me.
I´m afraid to stand with you
I celebrate myself as I mourn myself.
For days I cried, for days I wandered, lost.
For days I was afraid, so afraid.
So lost.
So lost.
For days I rejoiced, life was so good.
Dear lover,
Why are you afraid of me?
This would mean you’d be afraid of
The girl who cries at night, the girl
Who cries because she doesn’t know the future.
She's in a new world
Lonely girl, where are your parents?
A new area, so familiar but never explored
Adventure awaits those who seek it
She's taking the next step, just as useless as before
do not define by words
Do not judge by appearance.
Do not speak with hurtful words
Do not harm others
Do not speak with negativity
Do not judge by skin color
Do not hide because your afraid
I’m afraid of the happiness I see when you hit me
I’m afraid because I love you
I’m afraid of you
Because you don’t love me
You never did
I'm afraid.
I'm afraid of the dark.
I'm afraid of horses.
I'm afraid of heights.
I'm afraid of drowning.
I'm afraid of death.
People fought for me to speak and not be persecuted
They fought for every opinion to be safe to hang in the air of this country
But instead it simply binds with the smog
For those who disagree to shove down my throat
College. Death.
Sheer dropoff, cliff
A black abyss
Never return, no one's ever come back
Disappeared, never heard from again
Move on, other people
What a gift you'll be to some
It has been said
That lions are the fiercest of beings
Strong jaws, sharpened teeth -
Ready to pounce.
Every day the lion waited
I saw him around corners
Prowling in the distance
I, a timid adventurer,
Do promise,
To make this year my finest.
The prospect of future,
The anticipation of living.
I will no longer be frightened.
Some days I wonder what we stood for.
You, the voice that spoke instead of me;
I was forced to flee, my feelings sore.
Depressed by how it had been before
The light faded from our youthful eyes
I should be sleeping,
Smiling at sweet and happy dreams,
But instead I lay here in bed,
Anxiously awaiting day break.
I fear closing my eyes,
And wandering into my head
I can't be what I am
They won't see me for what I was
Shoved into a closed box, crammed
I don't wanna be their lost cause
I need an escape, a break
from this reality
My life at stake, can't relate
Perhaps I will never open this book again
But if I ever do
I'll be honest
I'll be truthful
As I flip through the pages again
I'll regret the choices I made
I'll regret the words I erased
I love being alone,I hate being lonely.I wanna run awaybut I want you to hold me.You're a beautiful rosebut I'm afraid of your thornsI wanna open up to youbut I don't want your scorn.
I have an unhealthy addiction.I think that’s whyI subconsciously refuse to evolve.I don’t knowif I’m too afraid to change,too proud to admit I’m wrong,or if there’s even a difference.
I'm afraid.
I'm afraid of love
Of happiness
Of how much they cost.
What do I have to lose
To gain.
I'm afraid of you the most.
I'm afraid of how I notice you.
I am solid, but my lips...
They are writhing, flowing, alive.
I am to create,
To breathe life into the death
Pervading my world.
But I am still.
Mouths create words, create phrases,
I used to shine bright,
I was warm and comfortable.
I was hopeful.
I loved myself.
But over time I began to falter.
I slowly began to dim,
I began to turn to black.
The nightmares don't end when I turn on the light,
My thoughts prevent me from my rest in the night,
So harsh and so cruel not a good thing to say,
They leave me so nervous to take on the day,
Was it me?
Could it be?
A violent storm inside of me?
It wouldn't be.
Yet it feels like so,
no matter how many times I say "no."
I wish it wasn't so,
even my heart says "no."
"The dreams of a girl
Not her own thoughts
Deeper i fell
I was taught,
How to kill.
Only in dreams
Would i see Such a thing
The horror seeped through
No longer i trust
"The girl that on one sees
A season she can't control
Pent up emotion she cannot free
This time it's taking it's toll
Down on bended knee
Not freely these tears roll
The breaking burning plea
"Ok
did that word escape my lips again
Afaid
When did I start with just pretend
Relief
Is there none here now for me?
Believe
I'm strong enough with Him
Courage
Life
Easygoing. Nurturing. Energetic
the Tinkling of a Laugh
Music to my Ears
like the Leaves of a tall Pine
we are green
Full of
On this earth we are wondrous creatures
we hold so much beauty and promise.
It’s our only instinct to change the world
to be remembered in one way or another
(note: relating to someone that I know. also I don't know much about poem structure, so sorry it that isn't good)
Fear. Anxiety. I fear anxiety.
See I don't see
See me I don't please
Tell me you see
Them there
Using me
See, no I did not come with!
I was not with them
I was blocks away!
Just because.
I show respect.
Does not mean.
I'm afraid.
Or scared.
I have seen a side
Of what I am.
That men wish
Was never there.
They are imbued in doubt
and therefore can never be certain
Their hearts long in the past
and therefore cannot embrace the present
Their fears are caged inside
and therefore will never be free
Blood, drugs, tears, alcohol all mingled on my skin as I prayed to you
Long nights all alone and crying,
praying for some relief to wash over me
only finding myself running closer to my self made finish line
He moved here for people like me
From an old place called Italy
But never lost sight of his family
And wanted them to see what he had
He didn’t want them to be sad
He had a son
Only one
I can’t sleep in complete darkness
I can’t sleep in total silence
Because bad things happen in places like that
When no one can see your tears
Or hear you breathing heavily
I sit in a room
A dark and cold room
A lifeless,
colorless,
dank room
In the corner I sit
I sit and wait
I wait for hours
From days to week
The tears that are surfacing upon my eyes and leaving glistening trails of a salty substance are not there for the comfort you had given me.
How are we supposed to move beyond yesterdayWhen we are not confident in tomorrow?How can one moment you be so sure...and the next time feel borrowed?How can all the joy we found, be remembered now as sorrowed?How can time go on long enough for...
I smile in hope they will stop staring.
I smile in hope that they will see the beauty I see when I look in the mirror.
I smile in hope to make someone's day.
If there's one phrase that's hard to say,
If there's something we don't want to think about each passing day
If there's something that would make some of us want to cry,
I remember watching him sleep,
his eyes fleeting back and forth under their lids.
I remember him drawing long breaths,
and his heartbeat wavering in his chest.
I was born in a racing heart beat
I inherited a bustling society
A system thrown upon me
"Please don't say you love me, because I might not say it back..."
Backing out is my fear-instilled instinct.
Instinct normally would be telling someone that all of this feels so right.
Wishing upon peace,
hoping no one sees me,
Taking a deep breath,
hoping no one hears me,
Walking through school campus vastly,
having fear of being stopped,
Smiling, but speaking no words,
I'm afraid of dying young
not of dying though
rather what would be said
I reckon the truth not so
I'm afraid some would say
that I lived a full life
one full of happiness
Incredulously more malicious is the fear that sits and wishes
To give you its affliction
Of viscious scenes and memories
You hear my laugh,
But there is a hollow ring.
You see me smile,
But there it's missing something.
You feel my embrace,
But there is hesitation.
You never see me cry,
This mask is my creation.
Afraid to ask for counselAfraid of what they'll sayAfraid of being torn againAfraid of being away
Steady is not my emotionsSteady is not my heartSteady like the wind which isSteady not from the start
The candle flame burns too hot. The flickering of its wic dances in the over heated breeze. This breeze offers no respite from the smoldering need.
It can be hard to stop and think about the man behind the curtain.the one thats truly hurtingThe one thats not deservingYou can never be confident with the one behind the curtain.
When you grow up believing
that nice is the way to go,
you forget that emotions,
and thoughts
A face, they see, a smile so wide
A heart, they hear, beats strong inside.
But they do not know, they cannot see,
The troubles and darkness inside of me.
A girl, my age, lives so far away,
She saw this girl but didn't think much of her.
Then she would start seeing her around a lot.
Randomly they had a conversation which felt right.
They started talking and instantly had a connection.
Did you see that? That, there.
That lady is staring at me.
She keeps looking over here.
Do I have a booger in my nose?
Is my receding hairline showing?
Twenty years old with a receding hairline.
You held me
You held me when I was strong
You held me
You looked at my face and told me how beautiful my smile was
"Me"Free me, tempt me, I dare you to steal me;Sudden as the wind, let this heart mend.Treat me with your sweet kisses of embrace;
afraid of change, to let go of what's familiar,
afraid of pain, what if it hurts me?
afraid of failure, to expose my flaws,
afraid of being noticed, what if for the wrong reasons?
But the thing I am most afraid of
What i feel
Is nothing at all
What I am
Is nothing at all.
Nothing is me
I am nothing.
I'm just a stone
Falling off a cliff.
You're the one who threw me off.
Why?
America “ Land of the Free”
But what does that mean to me.
Orphans, and poverty
Opposition to authority
Gangs and disrespect to minorities
So really how free are we?
The stars shine down,Bathing the windows here.That sleepy frown,Something I hold dear. Those soft brown eyes,The way they shine at night.
She looks up at the clouded sun
For the thousandth time today
Feels the worlds ambience around her
And not at all i wish to see that ghost that lives inside of me
And when you wonder what has to be
Remember what you said to me.
And though whats lost can be replaced
I hear your anger,
I feel your cries.
I can smell the fear of histories repitition;
the thought of certain memories guard you heart.
You cannot forgive nor forget.
How could you?
It broke your mind,
Light.
Now it's dark.
Knife.
In my heart.
Fight.
In my head.
Cry.
In my bed.
Shadows.
Closer.
Getting.
Older.
Falling.
Crawling.
Game.
I hate the crowd, the wrong crowd
That keeps me in,
I'm drowning now.
And there's no hope
No lovely hope
To keep me safe, to keep me sound.
I fall too easy, and I can't swim
Afraid of what I may become.
Frightened by the thought of the future. My body is
Radiating fear. The fear of what will happen when I leave. My mother is
Afraid that I won't come back to spend some quality time.
Follow me my dearest one
Allow me to show the way to perfection.
Lay your head in my hands
For I’m about to give an explanation.
You are fat my love.
A waste of total and complete space
Every day I turn myself around,
Try on someone new,
It scares me to think
That this is who I am
Unique flaws and fears,
I know that I am few.
A rare case, they say,
A different sort of person
Bags under her eyes, but ever alert
Sleep was a luxury she can't afford.
Always moving and never staying long
Trying to look to the future,
but the darkness of the past blocks her way.
Lover, why do your hands cover your eyes?
And why do you lock up your heart?
You let you mind roam free.
Yet, you tie up your soul in chains.
God gave you eyes to see,
but to you, there is just fallacy.
She had the whole world at her feet.
She even had friends all over the place
But at night she still didn't get any sleep
It was as if she was her own enemy
Always putting herself down to benefit others
Do you believe in ghost?
Well what would you say if I told you that I am just a ghost inside a man?
That all my demons are inside me haunting me and making me into what you hate.
I can’t keep living this way.
Fear, feel me
As I cry.
With cold hands,
Twisting my heart
And tearing my love.
Hiding underneath the skin
Afraid, alone.
Appearing like
The torture of my indecision
And fear,
now that i have submitted my poem
im afraid
will my poem be liked?
understood?
or will i be facing the crowd of disaapointed fans at a canceled justin beaber concert
im araid
Prepare yourself,
For this will not be ordinary.
To express the way I feel
Is to look upon the people of this earth with a smile in my heart
To see the distraught
the unloved
the wanting
When will we stop the violence
Becuz the night is hot and I can't sleep
And I smell violence in the air
It smell of pain and sadness
We stand alone in the dark
When will someone turn on the light
No one is safe when the bullets start to fly
No one wants to lose a brother or a sister over a stupid white lie
I can feel the fear nibbling at my heart
I feel dizzy and afraid
Can’t sleep, can’t think
Voices plaguing me.
Screaming, barely coherent, whispering, can’tmakeoutthewords.
Won’t let me be.
Can’t run away, going crazy.
Day by day.
Followavoiceitmakesnosense
Her Heart beat is rising, while her tears are shining, why is she so ……..afraid
The Obstacles are piling, her mind has stopped its smiling, I think she is……afraid
The morning comes and you're already on my mind.
From the moment I wake up, 'til i got o sleep at night.
You're so far, yet so close.
I want to meet you, but im tremulous.
At the thought of you near me...
It seems fine
the wine is flowing
Laughter is swirling the room
Sadness is blockaded from entering
That rush of panic
Im running!
I want to forget reality!
Only wanting to reach
Time.
The thick white
The sky has no light
The smell of soil
And weeds
And my barefeet,
Let me breathe.
This sundress
Is too thin to cover me.
Where are you God?
I’m afraid they’ll see
As she rests her warm head on the reserved meadow I wait.
As she descends I look ahead, waiting for you,
Your imperfections, your craters that comfort me so tightly,
As she descends I wait.
I walked alone.
I took my time.
I didn’t look back
while I made the climb.
I walked alone.
I didn’t even tell.
I didn’t want them
to end the spell.
Her tiny fingers reached to the sky, but no one would grab them.
She cried and cried, but no one would ever hear her.
There was no room for her to feel any safety or comfort.
Continuously looking over her shoulder,
I just want to go away and never return.
Stay free from all concern,
But deep inside I'm afraid I will crash and burn.
Possibly take a wrong turn,
And be forced to make that apprehensive return.
