Best Be Afraid Be Very Afraid Poems

I’m afraid of dying young
Of leaving things yet undone
I’m afraid I’ll leave this place
Yet not leave a single trace
I’m afraid I haven’t said
All that lives...

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Let me take a journey into the unknown
A journey that might change what I thought I had known
A journey into the self
A journey into me
The...

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I’m afraid of dying young
Of leaving things yet undone
I’m afraid I’ll leave this place
Yet not leave a single trace
I’m afraid I haven’t said
All that lives...

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Daddy,
Can you look me in the eye?
Tell me, am I no longer beautiful?
Daddy, can you tell me why?
Why did those men hurt me?

Daddy,
Can you no...

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All the things I never told you
Are all the things I never will

All the kisses I never gave you
Lie dormant, unfeeling, still  

All the...

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I promised I wouldn't write any more sad poems this week

I promised myself I'd enjoy the warm weather with every beat

I promised I'd dwell on...

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When I was young I thought I knew 
How to talk and speak with you 
But time has put a wedge between
My angel, conscience, inner...

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My dog's stomach sounded like a washing machine set on high and hot.
He was laying between my mother and me Off the couch,
but not because...

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We sit here
In our neat little rows,
Typing away,
Checking our phones.
You chatter away
About weekend plans
The holidays
And everything grand.
I try to join in
But the words disappear
I get...

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I’m so afraid, oh, so afraid, a melody I sing.
I need to find a way back to the North Pole? 
I shouldn’t have sneaked on...

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I’m of Slovakian descent,
I can barely afford my rent,
Now I’ve run out of time,
And my very last dime,
I need to reach,
My time to teach,
To mold...

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The speed of lust
The fury of pain
Pitch dark feelings
Wrapped in a ball of flame… 'that’s emotion'

As the storm of sensation
And your heart collide
And it’s like...

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Dear exam
Sincerely I don’t hate you, I just don’t like you
To be fair, I don’t think anybody does
You issue countless threats in the name of...

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Outside at recess
How I love to play
On the merry-go-round
What a joyous day

Then some older boys
Come and start to  push
Spinning it around
Getting it to go...

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tides are turning
rolling over like souls in their graves
it's ok-it's ok-it's ok
just remember you're already saved
so   now what  are you
going to do...

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