Fear... Poem by O Sudhir Janardhanan

Maybe this is fear to you.
As a small kid walking down a dark lane
Dark thoughts in minds deepest recess surface again.

Exam times so much to do.
Wonder how you will finish reading it all through
So this is what fear to you is…

Maybe, this is fear to you;
Some nights, again, in some dark lane
You still dare don't walk; your mind makes you lame.

Watch as your love and romance go astray
Nothing right happening, whatever you say
So this is what fear to you is.

Maybe this is fear to you;
To wake up to find, there is none around
The walls come crushing into you without a sound

A parent dies in my arms and I can do nothing but be;
Wonder, will she spot love that I saw in her eyes mirror in me
This is what fear to me…is


© O. Sudhir Janardhanan