Tag Archives: Fear

Peace

Posted on 03. May, 2010 by Olivia Bell in Uncategorized Poetry

My thoughts plague me, in the darkest hours where stars linger above me while the moon gently shimmers sometimes hidden behind dark taunting clouds. My worries haunt me, ghosts of my past dance before my eyes, trapping me in my own dismal alleyway afraid to face daylight, to face my silent fears. My fearless thoughts [...]


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Control

Posted on 29. Apr, 2010 by Olivia Bell in Uncategorized Poetry

I’m afraid of the beginning, the gentle, gradual swooning; I’m afraid of the in between, the happy, carefree moments; I’m afraid of the attachment, the place you will fill; I’m afraid of the end, the impact of touch down; I’m afraid to lose control, afraid I will surely fall. Afraid I will surely fall…


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Sweet Sugar Coated Words

Posted on 05. Apr, 2010 by Olivia Bell in Uncategorized Poetry

Sweet, sugar coated words slip past your lips, capturing my beating heart, lifting it to the heavens above– Your sweet, sugar coated words touch me too deeply, I am afraid; afraid to believe– I run, run with the wind losing myself in your words, Sweet, sugar coated words I cannot trust. I long for love, [...]


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I Will Burn

Posted on 18. Mar, 2010 by Olivia Bell in Romantic Poetry, Temptation

I Will Burn

This little bunny (i.e. me) has been watching too many romantic comedies… let me know what you think. I Will Burn I’m afraid of the rush afraid of the hush afraid I have fallen too quickly afraid I have thrown my shield away afraid my mask has been torn in two. I cannot stop my [...]


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Fearful

Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by Olivia Bell in Dark Poems

Innocently she flicks through recent mail, pausing to read the odd one, trashing half, moving on speedily; getting bored, she goes to throw them in the bin; lastly, quickly she skims through the rest; assuming it to be junk; and then her eyes stop. Linger on the one she dreads, the one she never thought [...]


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