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August 22, 2011
By xXRiaLoraineXx GOLD, Fletcher, Ohio
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I fear the "real world"
beyond the school's containing walls...
I fear rejection, humiliation,
that it may only feel worse with age...
I fear maturity,
that I'll become boring, emotionless...
I fear time,
Specifically, not enough of it...
I fear closing my eyes,
that I may miss life going by...
I fear the moment
when I realize fear is the only fear...
Without it,
nothing stops me.

© Janine M., Winnipeg, MB, Canada

The author's comments:
It's a big world out there, guys. I'm a junior in high school!! I'm almost to that big world... This is the point when I'm starting to fear it... So, just remember: FEAR is the only real thing to fear.

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"- Franklin D. Roosevelt
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