Fear
A shadow of my past haunts me
as I walk through new paths in life
The feeling of always looking behind me
and there's nothing there to find
I grasp with the reality, that this ghostly shadow
will haunt and take if I let it
The struggle is real as it taps on my shoulder everyday
and holds my life with its death-grip!
I fight this strangle-hold with the words I write
as the shadow can't win a battle from my strength.
I fight the dark with light
I fight the past with future
I fight the present by sharing the truth
about fear and its journey...
By: John Dove
Sept. 13th, 2022
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Written on September 13, 2022
Submitted by SlackerApproved on October 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | ABACDEFGHIHJKALM |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 578 |
| Words | 117 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
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