Fears of the Teenage Mafioso. (Poetry) Fear

{ April 20, 2012 }

Poetry - Fear

"Fears of the Teenage Mafioso"
- David Daveres

Fear of love, 

Fear of pain, 

Fear of the unforgiving cane, 

Fear of lies, 

Fear of sighs, 

Fear of those distraught eyes, 

Fear for the unknown, 

Fear for the known, 

Fear of everything combined, 

Fear is what makes me blind, 

Fear is what makes me think, 

and act in blind accordance, 

Hindering the world around me, 

Hence, My Fear of myself

Fear is when you run away, 

Fear is when you’re scared to love someone, 

Fear is when the sky turns grey, 

Fear of confusion, 

Fear is like a dark blue ocean, 

Fear won’t let me escape

Fear mocks me, watching

Fear taunts me, waiting

Fear of losing, 

Fear you cannot see, 

Fear dealt upon thee.

Fear of darkness and death, 

Fear of a dead comrade, 

Fear of a gun being cocked, 

Fear of being endlessly stalked, 

Fear of time, 

Fear of all the crime, 

Fear of the undesirable truth, 

Fear for the good.

Fear for the sake of life, 

Fear of the neighbours next door, 

Fear of the secretive man in the subway, 

Fear of the revolutionary uproar, 

Fear is to not rejoice your living, 

Fear for the sake of your life, 

But to fear is to forsake it. 

Fear is to have no hope in life, 

Fear of the fear of fear, 

We need no reason to fear, 

For fear has no reason for itself.

I guess life is just like that, 

To fear for no reason, 

For to fear is not to reason, 

But to reason is to fear.

To fear for the sake of fear, 

Is fear for fear, 

So let me think, 

What else do I fear? 

What else do I fear? 

What else do I fear? 

     ... The message of this poem, is that there are many things that scare a person, to each their own fear as well as their own way of coping with it. It is also trying to bring across the message that "Fear for the good, Fear for the sake of life." Fear is always going to be in our lives, it's those that understand that, can move past it rather than fear being a barricade on your life. People always avoid activities that force them to confront their fears, things like skydiving, or getting a tattoo. Why? They fear that they will fall and their parachute won't open, or your parents would yell at you if you come home with a tattoo. Even the little things, like disappointing your parents, keep people from doing what they want. But in the end, "is fear for fear?" or, is fear for yourself, like a protection mechanism that activates to protect ourselves from what we thing might trouble or injure us. I think that the Barber in "Just Lather, that's all," was thinking the same things in his head, that he fears Torrez enough not to kill him. The Barber also knows that killing Torrez, will really create more of a conflict, more things for him to fear...