What I Fear
In Wake of New Events 2005 (Illinois)
What I fear is that I’ll never appreciate the work I showed.
That I will come to hate the things I own
What I fear is that I’ll never amount to the things I've sown.
Scattering my fragmented plants that I’ve grown.
What I fear is that I’ll end up like my father with his words.
That my writings will be seen as radical and absurd.
What I fear, the most of all, is that I’ll fall when I die
That everything I have done will haunt my afterlife
And when the time comes, I’ll smile with glee
Knowing that someone, anyone, will remember me
About this poem
This poem is personal to me, highlighting the fears I have. Nothing more, it's simple, and I guess it has a tenderness to it because of it's simplicity.
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Written on November 19, 2021
Submitted by inwakeofnewevents on November 19, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XA AA XX XX BB |
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Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 551 |
Words | 114 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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