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Fear

A poem — |What you fear grows. What grows makes you fear.|

By Smita SinhaPublished 4 years ago 1 min read
Fear
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You delay because you fear.

You fear because your work is not done.

Your work is not done because you’re thinking of the consequences that might come with the little time you have .

The consequences that could happen when you didn’t do the work because you fear what could happen!

You fear because you are anxious.

You are anxious because you are worried.

You worried because the time is limited to do the work and the work is massive.

The work is massive because you have not given enough time to deal with work that may come with it.

Your work is left because you haven’t done enough to relieve yourself of your troubles (make it less for yourself)

You are in this situation because you chose to run away.

And take comfort in stuff that takes you away from the pain of your work.

A safe bubble.

You fear the work that’s why you don’t do the work.

Your sleep is not rewarding because you have left your work midway.

And the guilt is eating you away.

You fear the fear, not the consequences.

Fin.

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