Living With The Fear

What do you think it's about?

I'm living with the fear

the fear of the footsteps on the staircase

the tapping at my window

hidden in stiff trees

the faces, screaming at me

the voice at my side 

telling me to be calm

that it's okay

I look around

no one is there

she's in my head

my dear companion

my madding whisper

of a friend

shes gone

as quick as she arrived

left with an unsettling silence

I cannot cope

on my own

They're all out to get me

Please, just hide me away

Protect me from this world

I'm living with my fear

Alone

Author's Note

Pick me up on anything I can do to improve it, thanks!

Reviews

[Soundz]

Super deep. I can't imagine the pain that caused those emotions to develop.
You have conveyed a true sense of urgency, but in a hopeless way that really bring the emotion out in the reader.
Don't quit! It gets harder before it gets better, but it gets better :)

[Chelsea]

Don't listen to the review below, it's a garbage review and not helpful. Just trying to pick a fight!
The poem was great as is, I really felt the pain behind it!

[Ibreez Shabkhez]

Make the verses longer and make them rhyme.

[angelina]

Some situations warrant us to do so, but with time comes experience, what is unnatural become natural, so what people must do is persevere and make that abnormal, normal. Incorporate it until it's just apart of us and nothing else.

[HowShallWeDuel?IChooseN..]

Really lovely expression here. Draws me in, and makes me too, feel alone. As if, the one i love has too, left. Leaving is a sad thing, and lonelyness is a terrible feeling to bear. This poem captures those frightened moments that we all face. The moments that make us scared, that make us human. A very lovely poem.

[Jim Parson]

This was kinda creepy, just the way I like things! I felt like I needed to pull the covers up under my chin. I have only one suggestion, which I think would clarify something that made me stop for a minute to try and figure out. "the faces, screaming at me; hidden in stiff trees"... I think it would be clearer if you moved it around slightly... "the faces, hidden in stiff trees, screaming at me." Unless of course, I'm reading it wrong and the faces have nothing to do with the trees! Also, you don't need a semi-colon there. Semi-colons are for separating two distinct thoughts...if the faces ARE in the trees, then it's all part of the same thought. I loved this one!

[Amanda_Rose]

this poem made me feel scared, i bet thats the point lol. it reminds me of the poem Anxious i wrote, check it out.

its so interesting and a great twist at the end that its all in her head. nice poem!

[jazmin]

That was amazing! In my mind I transformed it into a song, and it was a bad-a*s one! This is freakin awesome! I love, love, love, love, loved it!

[Kelsie Eileen Stark]

This is spooky, this makes me think- that you may be afraid of being alone. Sometimes I can be this way....great job!

[Nicaushio Yamaki]

Great Work!!