Fear Spoken Word Poems

Can you ever be pleased, mankind?
Everything we try, yet we're met with night.
We're nerds, unaware of the truth's light,
When all that pleases you lies in...

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I don't want to recite this poem in front of you...
Probably not for the reasons you're thinking,
But what do I know of what you're thinking
For...

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I’ve been runnin'

Out of breath,
cold sweat, lungs burnin'

But these legs, they move but they aint goin’ -
no place, no distance can be found between the...

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Reflections and Perceptions 

BY Joshua Otieno Angasa

I hope our daughters will love me
as much as you guys love your Aabo.
That sentence-simple, but it lingers
like a...

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They say '"love is patient, love is kind"
But what about the love that leaves bruises behind
The love that whispers sweet nothings by day
But turns into...

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Sometimes I fear I've 
never known you 

Like a leaf might feel
It knows its mother tree
Until she sheds its crispy remains,
Only to let its pieces...

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         Passing a stranger
            while walking...

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Hear the way I sound,
a harmonious hum, 
a rhythm that beats with every dream, 
every fear, and every whim. 

My voice, a canvas of emotions,
...

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Liberty on a pedestal but her chains are hidden
We built our walls of fear, not stone,
And called them safety, called them home.
While liberty stood watching,...

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I pray your plan for my life comes to fruition,
I trust in you always have and always will.
Remove the fear and anxiety that overwhelm me,...

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I’m walking through the rough roads,
Losing traction in my current situation.
There is no scheme or death trap,
It’s a springboard to my launchpad.

A stirring is taking...

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No more delaying, act now stop stalling,
Time doesn’t call timeout; the clock never rest.
Think, process, move then act.
There’s no weapon I can’t overcome with you.

You’re...

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Exploring new surroundings is a,
Trembling experience to say the least.
Approaching fear is the creepiest part,
Planning something neat for yourself.

I recall saying to God I want...

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Each morning I rise, with gratitude in my soul,
Life’s a battle I face, but I never lose control.
Through the trials I stand, with my head...

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So, I’m home for winter break
and trying not to break
because I thought I could break away from my problems, my chains—
but my wrists break instead...

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