My name is Emma Goode, I am a senior in high school. Currently, I am taking a course called “Creative Writing,” and for my final project, I want to submit one of my favorite pieces of literature I wrote from the semester to Teen Ink. During my course, we were required to create a poetry portfolio and the theme for my portfolio was “Human Emotions.” I love writing poems that capture my personal feelings and experiences to make connections with the readers. The poem I am choosing to submit is a free verse poem that deals with the emotion, “fear.” This emotion is indefinitely something everyone deals and struggles with; therefore I thought it would be a good topic to submit to reach a wide audience who have similar struggles. I am super excited to take this opportunity in my class to share some of my writing!