Fear. Poems

An order that isn't

What causes one to feel this way?  

 
lack of control over every emotion, like you’ve fallen from a cliff
out and in goes the air through your lungs as you barely breathe 
vexed heart rate – feeling like you’re experiencing arrhythmia 
every whisper and flutter is seen, even if it’s just you in the

A Draconian State

Orders descend like sharpened hail
each shard cutting language to ribbons.
We learn to swallow pain quietly,
to bow our eyes before the flag of silence.

Walls do not need ears...
fear builds its own cathedral,
where every heartbeat kneels
to the god of obedience.

Children are taught to trace straight lines,
never to bend them back into loops.
Curves are forbidden
too dangerous a hint
that

the doll stare

There are forty-eight dolls in this guest room
I see them staring at me
Many wear porcelain bonnets
They are statues with accusing faces
I wonder if they came from Salem
I feel they have come for me

how did it get this far?

i'm at my wit's end
barely clinging to the last remaining illusion
~ hope being the rising sun



Wordku: 15-7-5 words

AP: 2nd place 2025

the absence of above

i seem to view the world in black and white despite my rainbow soul

my skin seems to seep the moisture of ones misfortune goal

i sharpened my broken fingers regardless of my rusty bones

in hope to fight all misfortunes and hell’s unwelcomed call

instead, i cut myself to pieces until there’s nothing left

then my rainbow soul escapes

The shadow whisper

It’s whispers.
Can you hear them?
I don’t want to,
but they force me to.

Sitting in an empty room,
with no one—
just a cigarette in my hand.

Every time it touches my lips,
it kills me
and makes me want to avoid it—

I know that cigarette is not good for me,
but I like doing something
I know is going to kill me.

But he

I DON'T FEAR YOU OR YOUR HYUNDAI

PARKED AT MY HOME SENDING ME THREAT SMOKING BLUNTS WITH THE LOCALS ITCHING SCRATCHING YOUR SCABIES OUT BREAK AGAIN BREAKING INTO LAUNDROMATS HOMES HIDINGNOUTNIN MY NEIGHBORS DOG BED I WILL NEVER EVER FEAR JAMAICAN SCUM LIKE YOU A COMMON MULE ARRRIVING WITH AN ASSASIN TO END MY LIFE OVER MY AMERICAN POETRY 23 YEARS LATER

Testing Ourselves

Sometimes we stare
Into the eyes
Of oncoming cars
Merely for the thrill of it,

To pretend as they do in stories
That the good hero darts away
Just in time,
While the evil villain is crushed
Beneath the vehicle, blood on his lips.

We wait 
Until the last possible moment
Pulling back
To understand
Which role we play.

Rescue me from Difficulties

Please don’t leave
Or I will grieve…
Just let me breathe…
At ease…at ease…

Rescue me from difficulties
Please don’t be a little tease 
I will be like the blessed breeze
Just rescue me please…oh please..oh please…

Please understand
I need a helping hand
Just let me be able to see
If I’m able to be truly happy
Let me know if I’ll ever be free
Because

Safe journeys

Good night my love adieu
Let the moon whisk away your fears
Angels will watch over you



Wordku: 5-7-5 words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025

MASSIVE EGG RECALL

good evening—breaking news:  
                 the fda has issued  
         a nationwide egg recall  
reason: some cartons  
          were

My Fearful Heart

  
  Fearful Heart

I want to open the most fragile part of me—my fearful heart.
I miss you. You slip into my mind, and your heart sets me on fire.
Inside, I am torn from holding back every emotion.
Each day becomes a question of my life, a wandering path with no clear vision.
Your aura, your

My Fearful Heart

  
  Fearful Heart

I want to open the most fragile part of me—my fearful heart.
I miss you. You slip into my mind, and your heart sets me on fire.
Inside, I am torn from holding back every emotion.
Each day becomes a question of my life, a wandering path with no clear vision.
Your aura, your

RISK

     INVESTED 
        slow
          a
           n
             d 
     

That's PLASTER of Paris!

Disasters impaired us

Our Pastors prepared us

Broadcasters just scared us

We're Plastered in Paris!

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