Fear of Failure

Dead dreams and buried hopes form a graveyard in my mind The souls of goals unfinished cry out in torment As I walk with my head down Eyes averted Not daring to look at the shattered face of fantasies Or meet the damning stare of possibilities Guilt is a heavy cloud of rain ready to pour out its grief Torrents of emotions cloud my senses as I try to escape I try to emancipate my mind from this psychological deterrent This blockade of doubt that harasses my unconscious mind I try to run from the inescapable But fear has me frozen in my tracks It’s coming closer and closer Failure is breathing down my back Its breath chills the skin of my endurance It has me quitting before I begin I’m scared to turn around But I am bound by survival to take a chance To turn around and glance at the fears that haunt me The dilemmas of indecision that taunt me Standing stagnate would be suicidal I’ve wasted so much time already by standing idle Making my move I look toward the eastern horizon Rays of hope begin peeking through the peaks of disaster Burning bright and filling my soul with determination Opening my eyes I look into the failure’s face No longer afraid; No longer frozen I set off towards the hills of destiny at a steady pace