The Extent of Fear
I turned away from you,
frightful and afraid,
but fear, no stranger to me,
led me to become the monster.
Caged in a bed of lies,
Locked in the thoughts of your eyes,
I am slowly killing myself
as my fear makes me die.
Terror leads me
in the opposite way I should go,
panic keeps me
from all the things I need to know.
So, come along, you complacent little thing
show me you have strength,
tell me that you’re not
as defenseless as you look.
Let me know so I have valid reason,
to run away from all this gruesome treason,
I can’t take any more of this,
but when you’re gone, it’s the fear I will miss.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 589 |
Words | 120 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
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