The Meaningful Zip-line

I am in a foreign land

There is a fresh spring of water

It is surrounded by big boulders under water

They are like cars

There is a kid operating a zip-line

It is an old zip-line that towers 50 feet over the water like a giant

The zip-line is a strong wire with bike handle bars

It stretches 200 feet across water

If you let go too early then you will die

I step up to try it but I stop

What if I slip

What if I let go too early

What if I let go too late

What if the wire snaps

What if

What if

What if

What if it is fun

I build up my courage inside

I reach up on my tippy toes and grab the bar

I push off and soar over water like an eagle

I wait for the right time and take a deep breath

Then I let go and I feel weightless

I fall 50 feet in slow motion then plunge into water

I swim 20 feet back up to the light

Once I reach the surface I am as happy as a mug

What if I didn’t try that

Harmless Or Dangerous

My car broke down in the middle of the woods

I was not prepared so I had no goods

The sun is burning on this hot, summer day

I see a stranger across the way

He peers at me with his long, stinging glare

And I think, does he hate me or does he care

I cannot believe what I see in his hand

I think, am I a coward or am I a man

I run away as fast as the wind

But hearing his voice

Made me lose it

I couldn’t rhyme

Or think of a way out

He catches up I start losing my breath

Only to find he has a helpful wrench in his hand

He finds the problem within my car

And fixes it with ease

Now I know you can still be scared

But if they really care

You shouldn’t be scared

You should face your fears and let them hear

The Speaking Fear

As I watch my classmates present well before me

I hear the teacher speak YOUR UP!

All pain only just starts

As I get get up there

All I can see is my classmates staring straight at me

Thousands of eyes stare as they shoot fireballs directly at my body

As I get further and further into my presentation I hear whispers from my peers

me expecting the worst I panic and start to sweat

this panic attack is like a poison in my mouth killing me

putting me in a void

A void of fear with no courage in site

as I go further and further into this void I start to smell smoke

It was smoke coming from my heart from the burning pain in my chest

further and further I go now I’m sweating so much its weight is pulling me down

I burn and burn until it’s over

by that point the fire fighters are pulling me from this void and putting out this fire

after I cool down I wake up as if nothing had happened but still

Still I feel that I have been traumatized

it doesn’t change that I’m just preparing for another attack

When all I’m thinking about is the end

But then I begin to think is there really an end to this

as I run it through my head I thought

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The Journey In Darkness

Down the stairs I go
Alone in darkness
With a candle in hand
With it’s stone walls
And it’s stone stairs

Down the stairs I go
Hand on the wall
Damp and mossy
Supporting me
On my way down

Down the stairs I go
Other than footsteps
Is dripping of water
Splashing down on my head
Extinguishing my candle

Down the stairs I go
Alone in darkness
With my candle
That no longer emits light
On an endless flight of stairs

Alone in the dark
With light gone
With a cold taste in my mouth
Placing my candle
Onto the damp stone stairs

Down the stairs I go
Alone in darkness
Stumbling on a step
Falling down fast
Down many steps

As I got back up
And continued my way
I seem to be in place
As if stairs were moving
And not me

Then I turned around
Looking behind me
I see some bright light
And I finally realize
It was my imagination

Words Can Hurt

I hear people talking,

their hatred and all.

As mean as the devil

I wish they wouldn’t call

 

Me names I don’t like

Ugly, stupid, and dumb

I try to keep them away

As a rule of my thumb

 

Their words always slap

their victims’ weak feelings

they never use the same words

to keep fresh with their dealings

 

But what’s worse is the fact

that they strike without caution

they surround you and drown you

giving no other option

 

But there are some

who are willing to help

They’ll care for your wounds

so you won’t have to whelp.

The Major Fear

Dying will always be a big fear of mine and will stick with me until that day. Dying has always been a question or a thought that goes through the back and front of my mind. I always wanted to know what that day would be like but i know now that i would have to find out.

 

I have always been afraid of dying because everyone in my life or anyone close to me has always died unexpectedly or they were here just too sick to to keep going with their sick life. Dying has a major impact in everyone’s life but it scares me knowing that everyone and even me has to die someday and that we would never know when or how. Most of my family is still with me on earth and most of them has already dies in so many ways and some are worse than the other. I always had a fear that i would die an unhappy life or not living up to my standards and completing all of my goal.I always question to myself and imaged the possibilities of how i would die but with the was i had imagined it was like me being murdered or something tragic.

 

I am afraid of dying because i am afraid of doing everything i wanted and not being the person i wanted or the person everyone would remember me as. When i die i want to die living up to all of my standards and completing all of my goals and becoming the person i want to be. I have feared many times that when i die i wouldn’t be remembered the person i want to be remembered as.

 

Dying is one of my major fears and i know that one day we are all going to to die and that it is only natural and human nature. I have learned to accept that someday, but still it will be one of my major fear and will always cross my mind. Having this fear has made me wonder what my life would be like if i had completely overcome that fear and have the courage to live up to my fate. Dying is one of my biggest fears and hearing how people die and hearing about so many people died made me wonder what will happen to me or when will i die or how would i die.

Fears That Bind Us

It is tempting

I see the light

bright and warm

I understand

why people always go

towards it

It beckons me

calling out

the voices of those I’ve lost

 

It is tempting

they sound so pained

they call to me

It is tempting

then I understand

I can not go into the light

I must fight it

 

I am terrified

I know I must

overcome

my fears

I can’t do it

yes I can

I smell it

the stench of the dead

lIke a million skunks

the bodies, dead, but still calling

I taste the blood

awful

like metal

 

then

I realize

not blood

but death

what I taste

I know I am close

to death

this knowledge scares me

but gives me power

scary, but powerful

I will myself to overcome

I rise up and wash

the taste out of my mouth

with the water of life

I am living

with power

new power

 

it was tempting

my fears

overcome

no longer binding me

The Future

The Future,

I wonder what it would be like.

I wonder what I’d be like.

Maybe flying cars and

Robots with emotions

and a job,

a job in which

I get money

to pay

the

Money collectors,

to get back my house,

the house my family owned

for many generations,

the house they took

to pay off

MY dept.

The dept that I

got myself into

by borrowing money from

them.

The collectors that

beat me and my family to a bloody pulp

every month

if they didn’t get what they

need,

or should I say what they want

The need that I

PLEAD

for mercy

hoping to go back to the

Past

The Future,

I wonder what it would be like,

I wonder what I’d be like

By: Ayda

My greatest fear

 

a towering feature

so large and steep

a figure towering down with incredible speed

 

children of all ages screaming

a sharp screech exiting their mouths

other surround sounds of children for miles long fill my ears

 

sweat dripping down my face into my mouth

nerves getting from my head to my toes

not a bit of courage

 

anxiety taking over

I have fear of the unknown

my feet moving forward

finally a bitter stop in the carriage

 

nervous as a jitterbug

I see a towering feature

children of all ages screaming

as I climb I gain courage

 

suddenly a stop at a peak

and zoom crash bang hurdling down

it is over I have done it I feel unstoppable

I am a lion

The Big Water

The Ocean

So strong and so powerful

Pulling you away

So  evil it will deceive you

changing your life forever

Take you away

To a better place

 

The ocean

So powerful

So deep

so dangerous

so harmful

Filled with animals that could make you disappear

Forever

 

The waves take you farther and farther

Away from life

so strong they take your breath away

with your life

You hear the kids screaming

You jump in and try to help

But it’s too strong

too dangerous

The ocean