Fear Poem by Shiela Marie Anunciacion

I haven't felt IT for a long time
IT is something that everyone is terrified
Whenever IT comes by me
I feel like a child who was stupefied

I first felt IT when I was young
so full of joyous glint and mischief
that I do things out of innocence
but when I get caught, IT was never relief

now, I tried my best to face IT
but before I even open my eyes
IT was already under my skin
freezing my blood so cold like ice

IT gripped me so hard
that I would even consider to die
than face IT and pretend
when I know that to myself I cannot lie

or hide IT like nothing. And that's because
I now know what IT really symbolizes
that I am alive and living
and sometimes no one realizes