Failure: The Great Mind Killer
For Real Poetic's "Greatest Fear" Challenge
When I close my eye, the worries start to stir
There is one thing that grabs me
More than anything
More than choking, drowning, or suffocation
More than death, than a sinister clown
More than wide-open or closed-in spaces
It's failure that is my enemy
Failure so often stops me in my tracks
The fear of messing up...again
Frozen in time
Frozen by fear
Stuck in reverse
Stuck in yesterday
Want to move forward
Not to move backward
Fear of failure
fear of mistakes
fear of messing up
fear of so much worse
Stops me in my tracks
Stops me from progressing
Stops me from achieving
Stops me from trying
Fear of not good enough
Makes me feel worse
Fear of the damage
Cripples me, stifles me
Fear is the killer of mine
The killer of my mind, body, and soul
My bespoke devastator
My attack aggravator
Confidence annihilator
Fear of failure is my K2
Fear of failure is my hot coal walk
Fear of failure is my ocean swim
Fear of failure is my tightrope act
The great mind killer
The ambition abolisher
The hopes and dreams destroyer
If I let it win...
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This was for Real Poetic's 3rd Mini Challenge, "Greatest Fear". We had to write about our greatest fear.
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Paul Stewart
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