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Fear

Fear,
To some,
A chance to
Show character,
While to others, a
Huge adrenaline rush;
Heart pounding, muscles tensing,
To confront the danger head-on.
Opportunity or enemy?
Not truly known ‘til we face that moment.


Date:  1/24/17

Copyright © Bartholomew Williams | Year Posted 2017

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Keyonda Aldana Date: 6/17/2025 10:35:00 PM • Facts • Bomb • I'm Sayin' • Perfectly Illustrated • Addictive Read • Powerful • Deep • Perfectly Penned • Bookmarked My Favorite Poem Login to Reply

Beautiful Scars Date: 4/14/2019 12:55:00 PM yes that is what fear feels like. I love your first poem posted! So grateful I stopped by today! :)-luloo Login to Reply Bartholomew Williams Date: 4/14/2019 7:21:00 PM Thank you so much, Luloo, for your kind and gracious comments. I really do appreciate them. I am thankful you stopped by today, as well. All good things to you and yours! :) Bartholomew

Line Gauthier Date: 12/23/2018 6:46:00 PM Good one, Bartholomew. Great form. Well done. Login to Reply Bartholomew Williams Date: 12/23/2018 9:52:00 PM Thank you very much, my friend! I appreciate your positive and uplifting words, so thank so much. I also enjoy your poetry and will read some more soon. Holiday blessings to you and yours, Line! :) Bartholomew

Andrea Dietrich Date: 4/24/2018 3:36:00 PM I hope I can find one of your poems I have not seen yet. In a rush, If you don't see a comment from me, let me know a poem of yours I haven't seen!! Login to Reply Bartholomew Williams Date: 4/24/2018 5:32:00 PM Thank you very much, Andrea. I sent you a SoupMail, so you can read it at your convenience. It lists the only two of my poems posted on PS that you have not yet read. Thanks. As always, I wish only good things to you and yours! :) Bartholomew

Andrea Dietrich Date: 1/4/2018 2:04:00 AM I like this. It's thought provoking. I would say if it gives you a rush, it is not even really fear. For example, rides at a carnival, I am not afraid of them but some are afraid of them. Real fear is something I never like! Login to Reply Bartholomew Williams Date: 1/4/2018 9:39:00 AM Thank you very much, Andrea, for your insightful comment. I do like how you make that distinction. Thanks also for stopping by to read another one of my poems. I really appreciate it. Blessings to you and yours throughout 2018! :) Bartholomew

Eve Roper Date: 12/13/2017 12:02:00 PM Bartholomew, congratulations on your win! Login to Reply Bartholomew Williams Date: 12/13/2017 12:27:00 PM Eve, thank you so much for dropping by and your nice comment! I appreciate your consistency in always lending a supportive word (or five, in this case!). I hope you and yours enjoy a wonderful holiday season, and all my best for 2018, too!! :) Bartholomew

John Lawless Date: 12/13/2017 11:40:00 AM Great job with this Etheree(A form that confounds me). The "line breaks" are controlled by the form yet you have melded them into a cohesive rhythm. Nicely done. thanks for entering the contest Login to Reply Bartholomew Williams Date: 12/13/2017 12:04:00 PM John, thank your very much for your positive feedback and encouragement. I really appreciate it. Thank you so much for sponsoring. I really like the variety and creativity of the entries (that placed) that your contest generated. All my very best to you! :) Bartholomew

Gregory Richard Barden Date: 11/6/2017 1:10:00 AM Congratulations on your wonderfully dark win, Bart - blessings, and keep up the great work! :-) Login to Reply Bartholomew Williams Date: 11/7/2017 9:51:00 AM Thank you very much, Greg! As always, I appreciate your positive, affirming comments, my friend. Congratulations on your #1 rhyming win with "A Bird and A Boy" - absolutely loved it!! If you have a minute, will you please read my acrostic, "Freedom," and let me know what you think? (Lots of views but no comments; not sure why). Thanks! :) Bartholomew

Mark Martin Date: 3/8/2017 2:56:00 PM There's a truth in this poem. Congratulations Bartholomew! :-) Login to Reply Bartholomew Williams Date: 12/13/2017 12:00:00 PM Thank you very much, Mark! I appreciate your kind comment, and I sincerely apologize for my belated acknowledgment (not on purpose, just an oversight on my part; sorry). Thank you also for your encouraging words regarding my poem, "Solitude in Academia." Happy holidays and all my best to you! :) Bartholomew

Julie Lindsey Date: 2/18/2017 6:44:00 AM I have been trying to undertand fear in my life recently and this poem just sums it up....well written and well done!! Login to Reply Bartholomew Williams Date: 2/18/2017 6:46:00 PM Julie, thank you very much for your kind and encouraging words. I sincerely appreciate them. :) Bartholomew