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Fear's Nature

by Odin odin@aflx.com — Read all 3,869 poems by Odin odin@aflx.com

At what point do we acquire our independent fear vs our dependent fear? Might it be…? (Image by pinterest)

Wednesday, January 12, 2022


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Fear’s Nature

 

How instinctual a child’s first day in pre-school

With mother away

Father away

Only stranger children

And an even stranger teacher

Fear has an independent start

 

Grade school

 

A fearful playground of life begins

Monkey bars

Swings

Teeter Totters

 

And yes…

Tag

You’re it

 

High school

 

Beginnings of uncertainty’s world of anxiety

Insecurities

Clothes

Friends

Enemies

Teacher control

Tests

Grades

 

University

 

Graduation into the disquietude world of career choice

Where social life suffers

Late-night studies rule

And fear of failure persists

 

Career lifestyle

 

Entry jobs

Promotions

Social life

Dating

Marriage

Children

Saving for children’s college

Satisfying marriage expectations

 

Fear cycle

Knowing no end for many

Others

Finding fear dependency

Has shifted

To…

 

 

 



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Reviewed by John Herlihy
Reviewed on January 13, 2022
You lay the fear cycle out pretty good from start to finish. Most people probably suffering these kinds of fears as they grow up and pass through life. As you have so well delineated, there is much to be afraid of, with many things that you need even mention...fear of poverty, homelessness. You name it.

Reviewed by Diana Legun
Reviewed on January 12, 2022
Fascinating pick of image, and I connect it to the gameboard of life’s journey. Choices and risks, the hunt, being hunted, fear of losing. Maybe dependent fear is early life and learning what to be afraid of. And later life is independent…choosing what we allow to put us in the fear factor box. Your recall for these stages of fear is remarkable. Nothing wrong with your memory. ~~ djl


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