Fear Arrives With Reality

..remembered for being something more..

My eyes bleed 
Inside death is overtaking me 
And I'm scared, really afraid 
I cannot yet depart to my grave 
My heart beats 
With an urgency that leads to sleep 
And I cry from pain of pondering 
On my possible demise 
And I find myself surprised 
That with all the cries for death 
In the end all that is left 
Is fear... 
Fear of falling to sheol 
Fear of the ultimate seal 
And with every struggle of breath 
That is forced from my chest 
My sadness is great, for I fear... 
That soon I will perish 

I fear I hold a broken heart... 

 

Reviews

[Derek S.Keck]

First off, let me just say hearing your voice recite your poem really drug me in as a reader, and it helped me appreciate the rhythm of your writing. You really spoke the volumes of what it's like to suffer from a broken heart. Your line "I cannot yet depart to my grave" instantly made me think of Frosts, Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening. Where in that last verse he alludes to wanting death to come, but knowing it wasn't yet his time. Only you take it to a totally different place, and apply it to a totally different context. You make that feeling so easy to relate to, and I love you reference to Sheol, the Hebrew hell/abyss. That’s so fitting, that allusion to that unfathomable madness of depression. Excellent write!

[Dream Weaver]

A melancholy description of
a broken heart written from
deep within. Nice job!

[Sarah E. Pearson]

very well written

[Ruth]

Amazing work! I adore spoken word love and here, you have read as though it means something, excellent, I love it! xx

[JENY]

Fear is a debilitating emotion....
nothing is poisonous as fear.....
very well written....
nice..

[Saraplenty]

This fear is my current reality, and your words hit the ache.

[Saraplenty]

Very well written.

[HopelesslyDevoted]

this is the first of your poems that i have read and i am genuinely impressed! great work!

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Fear of a broken heart is a terrible paralyzing place to find oneself in. A powerful piece.........

[Chris Smith Welshpoetcs]

Fear comes in many forms, you show us the fear of hurt from love so well.