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Detained.
Restrained.
In the event horizon
Of my own self-doubt
Afraid-
(motionless)
Unable to reach out
The void-
Keeping me constrained;
Unable to improve myself
All my dreams,
Desires-
Fighting to get out
(that part of me,
Capable of imprinting
All my dreams
& desires
Unto reality)
-that part of me-
Contracted
By fear
Of failure
Obliged upon me
By the enlarging
Of my own self-doubt
Destroying me from the inside
Out
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I really felt this one.After reading it three times I could hardly breathe! You've done an amazing job portraying the emotions. Suffocatingly Brilliant!!!
Awesome! :)
I think you've captured the fear and restraint you feel here by the actual structure of this poem: it's condensed to the most relevant blips, with short consise lines and chopped up stanzas.
Really liked the last two lines. I think we all suffer from self doubt at one time or another. It is when we let it rule our lives that we begin to fade.**
