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Fighting Fear

January 13, 2013
By Caesar123 DIAMOND, Union Grove, Wisconsin
Caesar123 DIAMOND, Union Grove, Wisconsin
50 articles 7 photos 103 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Madness in great ones must not unwatched go" --Claudius in William Shakespeare's Hamlet


Fear may be the bane of mankind.


Fear has driven wisemen mad.
It has driven the wealthy into poverty.
It has crippled armies and nations alike.


It has long been discussed how to deal with fear.


Do we run from it?
Hide from it?
Lock our doors and throw away the key?
Perhaps not.


Some say the best way is to fight fear with fear.


To make the fearful thing
Fear something else even more.
To make it run and hide.
And lock its doors.


Perhaps this is not the best way.


It is crude.
Occasionally ineffective.
And for the most part
Inhumane.


So what is the best way to fight fear?

Two suspects may work well.

Hope and embrace.


With hope, fear becomes a paradox.
It collapses in on itself.
Man has the hope things will be different.
Fear cannot survive.


And then to embrace.
To take the fear and meet it head on.
To coddle it and care for it.
To say that it is not relevant.


Without relevancy fear also cannot survive.
It sickens and withers away.
It chokes and cannot breath.
It dies.


Still


Fear may be the bane of mankind.


The author's comments:
This poem really doesn’t have a back story. I suppose it could refer to any number of things. Organized crime. Heights. Confined Spaces. Spiders. Either way, the message contained here is true through and through.

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on Sep. 20 2014 at 2:42 pm
Caesar123 DIAMOND, Union Grove, Wisconsin
50 articles 7 photos 103 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Madness in great ones must not unwatched go" --Claudius in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

Thank you!

on Jul. 1 2014 at 3:32 pm
Cool :) Nice perspective ;)