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Fear
I walked down alone my neighborhood which was too dangerous for a teen
And I thought about the freaky video I had seen
A suspicious guy following me making this odd noise
I ran home and my mom said your just being paranoid
I begged and begged my mom to take me to Hershey for this ride
I always wanted to ride it for as long as I’m alive
It would be a good idea my mom decides
But when we got there I never rode it because I didn’t want to die
I asked, hey mom can I please play football
To my surprise she didn’t mind at all
I got tackled to the ground, football was dangerous sport last time I checked
Mom I don’t want to do this it’s boring but really I was in fear of breaking my neck
I have curly hair that is pure black
My mom drove me to the hair salon ready to dye my hair there was no turning back
The lady said I’m just going to put this over you so you don’t burn your skin
I look petrified and ran out of my seat if my skin burnt off I thought that would have been the end
Everyone I knew wanted to be some kind of famous sports player and I felt kind of awkward
Because I always dreamed of becoming a famous doctor
My mom said of course when I begged and begged can I become one please?
But my mind changed after being in school for a while I heard if your blood mixes you can get a disease
Hey everyone asks why you don’t eat sweets?
I don’t want to get diabetes and my heart stops its beats
Come on you only live once don’t lock yourself up in a cage
Exactly so I have to be very careful so I only die of old age
Come on my friends shouted at me to come with us to Florida
They screamed at me don’t lock yourself up in a corner
No I don’t want to burn up its way to warm
And what’s wrong with you guys there are tornadoes and storms!
Come on said my friends lets go find four leave clovers!
Come on said my friends let’s have a sleep over!
Come on said my friends lets catch fireflies
But every time I said no in fear to die
Let’s have fun and go to the amusement park
Well no I don’t like to stay after dark
People are crazy and people are cruel
People are psycho don’t ya agree with me to
I’m not going anywhere
I’m staying right here
I have so many fears
Haven’t I made that clear?
I will stay in this house for as long as I live
And that is what I exactly did
Now I’m old with cats and a cane
Reminiscing my childhood and going insane
I kept and kept on hitting my head against the wall
I look at the laughing kids I had done nothing with my life at all
I have trapped myself in my house
When all this time my friends were trying to let me out
Now I’m old and have nothing to do
I have no friends and I’m lonely to
I sat in my room my eyes full with tears
I wanted to do so much but the only thing that stopped me was Fear
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This piece is about how fear stops us from doing what we dream of doing and later we regret it.