From time to time I feel low,
Low in self-esteem, low-keyed,
lowest man on the totem pole,
I have acrophobia, I often
descent to a lower level…
The higher I aspire
The lower I fall.
Life mostly lowball me
as such, my spirit keeps a low morale.
Maybe I come across as
a low bred and lowbrow person.
Conspired by my stars and the moon
My sea always rests at a low tide.
Shell-shocked by my low-minded destiny,
My fate and I must have
a high level showdown soon;
In the meantime,
I'll keep a low profile.
Be that as it may,
My soul is not doomed to wander
in the netherworld forever,
I am the patron of high hopes,
high cholesterol, high blood pressure,
and high sugar level.
I am also a high-strung person,
But, thankfully not of any highfalutin jargon.
Shy of highways, I frequent
the by lanes and side streets.
After the high-handed takeover by Time,
I live a high-pressured life.
Methinks, now is the high time
to lay down the highlights of my life.
From the descent and ascent of life,
this I have learned:
Not to gaze so high as ambition,
And to look no lower than despair.
Overcome fear
Overcome height
All by yourself.
Acrophobia, the fear of heights, yet falling in love, faith wins.
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A MlNICHU Rhyme Aba, cBc, dbD, ABD. Syllable count : Stanza 1: 6,12,3 Stanza 2: 4,8,2 Stanza 3: 2,4,1 Stanza 4: 6,8,1.
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shadowy silhouette
uncertainty ripping through unravelling mind
cheeks get wet
tears roll in fear
acrophobia grips confined
comes near
someone
falls in love, blind
won
shadowy silhouette
acrophobia grips confined
won
To some fears there's neither rhyme nor reason
No remedy or cure, nor age or season
A phone (call for a date) can weigh 1,000 pounds
A weather-beaten house, the haunt of eerie sounds
A request to speak impromptu can the stomach upset
A severe case of butterflies one can get
Some folks suffer from acrophobia
Others tremble at visions of agoraphobia
I once asked a Sage what he feared most to see
He smiled and said, "If God ever stops loving me"
Hold
on tight
fighting a
wave of panic
suspended ; don't ever wanna go back
5/2/2019
Acrophobia
Poetry Contest:'Dial It Back'
Sponsored By: Maureen McGreavy
I saw a horsefly when I was young
I saw a man that was being transparent
I saw my brother take a trip on a lark
When acrophobia to him was inherent
At the top of the stairs a clock ran down
I once saw a trash truck fly up the road
Someone told me that time was running out
But it's still hard to believe a cock crowed!
Democracy, ethics, logos, politics
Cosmology, cosmogony, physics
Are words that all persons know
With enthusiasm them show
For are the basis of analytics!*
© Demetrios Trifiatis
30 January 2017
* The words: Democracy, ethics, logos, politics, cosmology, cosmogony, physics, enthusiasm, basis, and analytics are all Greek as are thousands upon
thousands of other words as crisis, drama, comedy, poetry, biology, history, philosophy, psychology, geometry, mathematics, cardiologist, antibiotics, agoraphobia, acrophobia, and all phobias, therefore whoever speaks English has to know that more than 25% of English is of Greek origin!