Fear Poem by Jason Duddington

All of my senses have become numb. I hear nothing and smell nothing. All I can see is darkness. I can feel, but the feeling is of no escape. I am on my knees begging for help, asking what I must do to find the light in all of this. I begin to hear again, whispers, words of negativity. Vision returns but only short blurred visions. They are visions of my greatest fears. I am scared and confused. I get to my feet and start to run I know not where. I try to escape but I am drug back to my dark dungeon. I continue to look at what could happen and think about what has happened to put me here. I begin to think there are no options no escape. I sit down close my eyes and succumb to my destiny. Minutes go by which feel like an eternity as I wait for what is to become of me. I begin to realize the time I am waiting for is the time giving to me to look for my way out. I begin to answer myself. I think of is fact and what is fiction. I start to realize I can only worry about what is in the present. Whatever has happened was meant to happen. A light begins to shine, I stand up and start to walk towards it. The darkness tries to drag me back but this time I will not look back. As I keep going my vision becomes clearer. I start to see things I have never seen before. I hear things that I never thought I would hear. There is no longer a darkness that surrounds me, I surround it. I am myself, I choose what needs to be done for me. I am no longer a passenger to fear. Fear drove me to uncertainty and what ifs. Now I drive towards possibilities and why not’s. I may not know where or how to get where I am going but at least now I have an idea. When I get there I know it will be great. What is done is done. The future is just that. Take care of today and tomorrow will take care of itself.