Kakorrhaphiophobia

He has no arms but holds you back.
He turns your hopes from white to black.
You doubt yourself, you're scared to try.
You cannot spread your wings and fly.
Cause someone's there you cannot see.
You feel him here, who can it be?

His name is fear.
Fear of Failure.

Reviews

[Nothing Personal]

Short poem where you maintained great poise and amazing rhyming scheme. Great job !! And makes perfect sense..too . i think the title suffices and the last two lines may be superfluous...Just a thought.

[Kathryn Saunders]

That was a really well written poem for a given prompt. It was very inspirational in a way - a reminder that the fear is always there and that it's ok to be afraid. Great job!

[AK]

What an elegant reminder that we do not have to give ourselves over to fear.

[.]

Wow...this is an awesome poem...
...great rhyme and meter!!!
...love that first line!!!

"You doubt yourself, you're scared to try.
You cannot spread your wings and fly."

....I love this...a gorgeous surreal poem!!!

james:-)

[Nancy Lee Shrader]

Very well worded. Fear seems to strangle a person like a monster and prey. Congrats on this great winning poem.

[gomjordan23]

I'm not on this site all that often but it must be more than coincidence that I stumbled upon this. Nothing I could come up with could better describe exactly how I've been feeling lately. Thanks for putting it into words for me.

[Veeanna]

This is my favorite out of the ones I have read of yours. Really great job! It ha a very strong message and I find myself thinking of all sorts of things that could relate to this poem. For me at least I think of a devil like creature when I read this. There is just so many ways to interpret this amazing poem. =)

[Clockwork]

I think I have run into short spans of something similar to this. I like how give the phobia a form.

[Breezie Kae]

Wow, such a great poem! Short, but so strong.

[miSS LEaf]

i'm in the process of minimizing fear that has haunted me, i find this poem an important read, thank you :)

~L