Our Will To Answer

Fear, the ghost of indecision
where darkness stalks each day

Confusion our ignoble master,
bewildered we fall prey

Terror caught in nightly doldrums,
the walls start closing in

As choices wait our will to answer
—or die this fate within

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2020)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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Krutsinger Avatar
July 31, 2020 at 4:13 PM
“The ghost of indecision” - perfectly describes fear.
Behm Avatar
July 31, 2020 at 4:48 PM
Thanks Caren, very kind of you.
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