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Journey Through Fear
"Make up your mind,"
The virus of fear struck me like lightning
The thunder of regret projecting omens in me
"Make up your mind,"
Volumes of struggle wash over me
It was as if the sky was grieving
I felt unwanted as eyes looked over me
My limbs like a heap of fur and feathers
Caught in the cliffs and cracks of fear
The disproportioned magnificence of fear strained my entity.
Relax.
This is a journey.
Lose the fear, forget the fear
The dazzling uncertainty of it is strange
But you are strong
You are in command
The wind of reluctance sweeps away
Brushed away like dirt under a rug
Trapped in the colors, bright as gems
The virus uninhibited from you
Safe from the desolate, lonely virus of fear
The powerful perfume of safety in the starlight
You are safe.

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This is a found poem and was inspired by excerpts from Travels with Charley and A Toast to the Oldest Inhabitant: The Weather Of New England. We took the author's words and made them into our own poem and made our own story. My poem is about trying to get over fear and how sometimes we need to take a breath and relax. We often let fear control our lives and we need to take a step back and realize, maybe life isn't so scary after all.