Walls of Fear

A poem about the constant fear of failure which underpins our existence, crushing hopes and dreams, drowning optimism and leading to our ultimate self destruction.

Memories flood through my mind

Of family and friends

Whom I may never hope to see

Before this nightmare ends

My Officers go safely home

To those whom they hold dear

But in lonely isolation 

I am breathing in my fear

And sinking ever deeper

All encompassed in my cell

The wreckage of my stormy seas

Has now become my Hell

As Captain of this ship

I have drifted, rowed and sailed

But the walls of fear have taken me

And I have truly failed