#afraid poems on Hello Poetry

John D Feb 2018

Tick Tock
The clock inside me,
runs me ever so tightly
I hear the wheels in my mind
tossing and turning
I want these empty feelings to stop
but I know fate is inevitable

Tick Tock
The days of my life,
are set in a timer
The living air I breath
are soon to cease
The thoughts I feel
will soon lose meaning

A poem that I’ve written years ago, hopefully it is still well today (:

#fate #clock #timer #time #death #fear #afraid #ill #empty #heart

Coraline Hatter Feb 2018

The sea

I sure do love the sea
the deep unknown water
million shades of blue

I can't swim
I've never learned it
I'd drown

The not-known creatures
and unexplored depth
scare me

But if you'd ask me
I would say
I love the sea.

I love the feeling of water on my skin
And the salty air that you can taste when
You're near the ocean
But still,
I'm afraid.

#ocean #sea #water #afraid #scared #creature #unknow #explore #deep

Dakota J Dawson Feb 2018

The weak partisan who claims to be god

Where is my crutch
Couch
Simplistic comfort?

I'm drunk
And in need
Of sleep

Poor
Battered
And broken

I have stolen
Not shaved
Embraced my domain

For I am sane
In control
And lucid

Where the rats hide
I will find
And purify

They are weak
I am strong
Becoming brutal in remembrance

Though to some
I'm a tool
And they are right

#strong #week #tool #shame #hate #afraid #violence #rats #brutal #hide

John D Jan 2018

Blankness

Head in a Spiral

Memories slowly fading
Reigning in fallacy
Dodging of reality
Silent in the night
Silent in the mind
Voices singing in my head
Leaving me lost and dead
Lingering for emotion and compassion
Losing my mind in utter blankness
Call to me and Tell me to
Bring me back to the good ol’ times

#poem #sanity #mind #thoughts #lost #afraid #illness #fear #poetry #self

Liz Carlson Jan 2018

hidden belief.

afraid of rejection,
waiting constantly
for a "right" time.
just speak truth
into their lives;
it's always the
right time to
do that.

#jesus #christian #christianity #religion #belief #patient #wait #afraid #truth

the unwritten note Jan 2018

Don't

I don't
feel afraid
of the dark.
I don't
get scared
of tripping
on the path.
I don't
think of
what lies ahead,
not anymore.
The darkness
is no longer
my foe.
We have
learnt
to dwell
as one soul.

In love with darkness.

#dark #afraid #feelings #love #memories #darkness #fall #soul

Jessy Jan 2018

Scared, Afraid and Suicidal

I am scared of taking a bath
Because I’m afraid I will slip under
And drown myself

I am scared of driving a car
Because I’m afraid I will veer off the road
And crash at full force

I am scared of cooking with a knife
Because I’m afraid I will lose control
And slice it across my wrist

I am scared of taking pills when I’m sick
Because I’m afraid I will get tempted
And swallow the whole bottle

I am scared of being near a gun
Because I’m afraid I will point it to my head
And fire it through my brain

I am scared of everyday things
And afraid of trusting myself

I am scared of the world
And afraid I can’t take it any longer

I am scared of myself
And afraid of what I will do

#suicide #suicidal #scared #afraid #depression #selfharm

sunflower Jan 2018

Who?

I'm afraid,
Scared to death,
That when I wake up,
I am someone else.
Through all these days,
I stay wise,
Even though my mind,
Is going wild.
This is the story of my life,
I 'split' to anyone,
A stranger I never knew,
A person I never met.
My mind speaks,
Between two,
One is like me,
The other is who?

For when I lost myself in those times I was not 'me'.

ㅡn.s

#lost #myself #afraid

Rafael Melendez Jan 2018

Carrying the Stick

I keep finding myselves in places where I should play that role, the one who carries the stick, but I just don't feel strong enough for it.

#leader #afraid #strength

For My Sanity Now Jan 2018

Too scathed to receive

I'm not guilt-tripping you
I'm just telling you the truth of what I think
That it will be better for you
If I think I should leave.

I can't find love, I'm terrible at that
It brings me to places where the way out
Is narrow that I have to cut a piece of me
To get through, scathed but free (I think).

But when love finds me
I panic.
Some kind of beauty I just can't take in.
Some kind of gift I don't deserve to receive.

Love can give in all its capacity
But when I can't reach that level of reciprocity
I'm afraid I might hurt love
And love would leave, scathed but free.

It'd be better for love to leave soon
Before I give love reason
To hurt, to be numb,
To cut a piece of itself to get through.

#love #hurt #fear #afraid #undeserving #beauty