All Curled Up Poem by Kyle Schlicher

All Curled Up



many times
i
have
been
afraid,
not
wanting
to
die.

tried
to no avail
to
crawl away
from
the
threatening
danger.

just wanting
to pull
my
legs
up
around
my chest

to lie there,

safe

and

all
curled
up.

12-23-1968

Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: fear
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