12/30 Poem A Day Challenge

April 12, 2018

Fears

I am afraid of 

spiders 

of pretty much any size and species

But bees are ok

I am afraid of 

walking 

down lit city streets by myself after dark

But country lanes are fine

I am afraid of 

loneliness

that vast landscape of the lost

But like being alone

I am afraid of

death 

stalking and stealing the people I love

But love anyway

I am afraid of

rejection

for speaking out or doing something wrong

But say it anyway

I am afraid of 

failure 

of not being enough regardless of effort, accomplishment and accolades

But still try

I am afraid of 

the monster

biding its time hiding inside of me

But still face it

I am afraid of

vulnerability 

of writing and sharing poems that expose who I am

But keep doing it

Previous Poems 

1. Easter Sunday Rumination on Eggs
2. Tulips
3. Untitled
4. Waiting
5. Truce
6. Thaumaturgy
7. Untitled dodoitsu
8. To Do List
9. Anniversary
10. Tribulation
11. Story Is Who We Are