Fear False Expectations Appearing Real
The whole world is in panic
The whole world is in fear!
They don’t know what the truth is
But they are zapped with what they hear
A virus has attacked us!
It is going to wipe out the world!
It is going to kill us all…
Through the media, we are told
Is it a danger, is it real?
Or is this just a myth?
As long as we live in fear
We will never realize the truth
Of course, it has killed thousands
And it’s mainly the old
The young will mostly get away,
With a fever, cough and cold
The Coronavirus is a champion
It seems to have a tactic
Though many it appears to infect
But for some, it is asymptomatic
Therefore, we don’t know the numbers
Who are actually killed by the virus
There are many with heart and lung disease
Are they dying because of this?
The whole world is in panic
They think of COVID they will die
They have locked themselves in their houses
Unable to enjoy the sky
Of course, we must take precautions
And stay away from one with a cough
But to shut down the entire world
That is way off!
Fear is the cause of this panic
It is making a mountain of a molehill
Far more than the Coronavirus
It is Fear that will kill
F E A R is False Expectations Appearing Real
The mind creates this thought
But once paralyzed by this panic
In anxiety we are caught
Why are we scared, why do we fear?
Why are humans given this gift?
God gave us this instinct for a reason
From real dangers, so we can drift
There are many types of fears
Some even fear a loud sound
Some fear to go up in the sky
Some fear a lizard on the ground!
Fear often grows into a phobia
An irrational fear of something
Dentophobia is a fear of the dentist
And claustrophobia, a crowd of anything
Some have zoophobia – fear of animals,
Some arachnophobia – fear of spiders
With aerophobia, there is fear of flying
And cyberphobia - fear of computers
Finally, the question that matters most
Is fear actually real?
Fear is not a danger, fear doesn’t kill
It’s just an Expectation that Appears Real
But when fear attacks us
And fills our body and mind
The rascal makes us suffer
And makes our life a grind
Fear is not a danger
There is a difference in these two
A danger can attack us
But fear just makes us feel blue
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