RE-UPLOADED. The old version was messed up and I just needed to rewrite some of it and start again.
So I got bored and was looking through random Word documents on my laptop and stumbled upon a piece called "FEAR" in my Language Arts folder from 7th or 8th grade. I read it, and it was meh-ish, but I kinda like the concept so I spent a little while (more than one session) revising it.
PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD
The saying "fear the unknown".
And you may not have.
But you know what fear is.
Or at least you think you do.
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Fear is constant, yet differs for everyone.
Because there are three fears;
Personal fears – what do you fear most?
What fear means and
What Fear is.
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Your deepest fear is only
What you do not want to happen,
It is a fear because
It has not happened yet.
This is not Fear.
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The meaning of fear
According to a dictionary is:
"A distressing emotion".
But only in the way that a tornado
Could be called an "air current".
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But Fear is very real.
Fear is neither of these.
Fear is deadly
Only you would much rather
Be dead than feel true Fear.
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Fear that pierces the mind.
Fear that blinds the eyes.
Fear that arrests the muscles.
Fear that scars.
Fear that kills.
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(You do not Fear death;
You Fear the idea of surviving,
Of there being no way out.
Of finding this cruel torture
Inescapable and never-ending.
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You Fear the idea of a heavy burden
Sitting on your shoulders for all of eternity
You Fear the idea no escape.
Of pretending nothing is wrong.
You Fear what is already guaranteed.)
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Fear is not uncertainty;
Uncertainty allows, at the very least, a sliver of hope.
Fear is not what might be hiding in the dark;
Because there might be
Nothing but a shadow.
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Fear is not what "this" could mean.
This revolting idea thrust upon
You in the worst and
Most repulsive way possible.
"This" is an idea.
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You do not Fear ideas
Because ideas can be forgotten.
You Fear the reality of those ideas
Of living everyday
Surrounded by the impure.
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Fear is knowing what lies
Shrouded in the darkness
Patient, stealthy and immortal.
Fear is no longer having to wonder
Because the worst is already here.
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Fear is the complete loss of all hope;
The spider's thread snapping at last.
Fear is anticipating the abhorrent yet assured results
That remain unavoidable and inevitable.
Fear is undeniable, unwavering certainty.
*This is a reference to both Ka Japanese story called the Spider's Thread, which also happens to be in a Black Butler episode (was it in the manga, too? I don't remember.) Also, I figured that this "poem" (if you could call this pile of crap a poem) was dark enough to be about Black Butler, if you wanted it to be. Likewise, it could also have to do with anything else, or nothing, if you wanted.