Mrs. Maestrini, Mrs. Magnani, and Ms. Tiribocchi Middle School
The fear of pain,
The fear of loss,
The fear of being alone.
The fear of what others say or think.
These fears arrive in the dark of the night,
When I’m in my bed.
But if I become brave, I can turn these fears into a new light
I’m in my garage,
Is there a killer behind me?
I start running away,
from nothing.
I am on a plane,
I’m scared of flying,
it can fall down,
and I might die!!
When I swim in the sea,
I think about sharks and crabs,
they frighten me.
These are my fears,
I’m trying to defeat them,
but sometimes,
they are stronger than me.
When I’m scared
the darkness overshadows
the pure light
fear can be different,
complex,
or always the same
it depends on the moment
and fear
can have various meanings
when a loud noise scares me
I don’t tremble
only my heart beats and beats and beats…
when I hear a scream
of sadness or joy
the fear overwhelms me
but when I have my family,
fear becomes a loser
and I can easily defeat it
Am I afraid of the world, or is it the world that is afraid of me?
Am I afraid of strangers, or are the strangers afraid of us?
Am I afraid of the dark, or is the dark just afraid of itself?
Are we all afraid of something, or is it the fear to be afraid of us?
The fear of the fears is the most fearful fear,
But we don’t know where this fear is.
100 years ago, fear was in prison,
But now it is TOTALLY FREE.
This fear can kill you inside
Only brave ones can defeat fear
But it’s not too easy, because the fear can hide everywhere
We are the only ones who can defeat our fears,
But we don’t have much time
And it’s just you and me.
Time is over, the end is near,
We are running towards death.
In the dark, bugs move,
Spiders make webs, noises scare me.
Death is near.
At night,
A shadow comes,
Everything goes black.
I’m afraid of disappointing people.
I’m afraid of not being enough.
I’m afraid of treating people badly.
I’m afraid of not being able to achieve my dreams.
I’m afraid of hurting the people I love.
I’m afraid of losing my emotions, my feelings.
I’m afraid of losing my memories.
I’m afraid of ending up alone.
A far noise,
like a frightening scream
the black sky without life
surrounds me
the silence surrounds me
in the shadow,
all of this will end only
when the light will appear again
Fear comes quietly
I am stuck within the walls
Fear is like the wind,
It pushes you towards the enemy
Don’t be afraid
Break those walls
and defeat the fear
The night, the cold in my bones.
I am in a dark narrow street
only silence around me.
A flashing light shines in the darkness.
I am alone in an empty space
Then…everything freezes.
It’s something that you can’t hide,
shivers all over my body
I try to scream but I can’t
the fear is here
I hear steps coming from far away
in my room there is a dark shadow
what is it? I don’t know
the fear overwhelms me…
A light appears in the darkness
and the black shadow becomes my mum
she came to save me
my mum is here next to me
Fear is a knot that is choking you
it makes you feel small
Fear is the emptiness when you are in a crowd
Fear is a giant that blocks the way
But… it is only a shadow
What is fear?
When I think of fear,
I think of people who are screaming,
but nothing happens.
The colors that I think of
are black and grey.
What I feel are chills all over my body.
At night
it is dark inside and outside me.
I see a light
coming towards me:it is my bravery
My heart pounds
My hands tremble
I feel lost and lonely
But it’s only an idea
Take a breath and it will fade away
The fear slowly comes…
it makes your heart tremble
but you know you are stronger than fear
so you can overcome difficulties
and reach all your goals
Fear rises slowly
like the darkness in the evening
and it brings about anguish
and anxiety
it makes my heart tremble
and everything goes black
but when I find a little bit of bravery
fear vanishes and never comes back again
The darkness,
the fear is there and takes my body
suddenly
my heart is beating faster and faster.
And everything around me is dark.
I only want to be calm
but the fear doesn’t go away
and I start shivering.
The fear makes your heart beat fast
like a drum that plays loudly
it comes without asking
and it makes you feel little
it’s a shadow that follows you in the dark
and you can’t do anything, but wait for it to fade away.
In the darkness
I hear some noises
maybe they are only in my mind.
My heart is running away from me
I feel small and weak.
I mush go away from here
I could try,
But my fear will find me everywhere I go.
I’M SCARED OF DARK
I CAN’T SEE ANYTHING AT ALL
A NOISE!
I’M SO SCARED
I HIDE UNDER MY BLANKET
I TELL MY SELF “IT IS NOTHING, NOTHING, NOTHING!”
BUT THE FEARS WIN
AND NOW
I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
I’M SCARED, SCARED, SCARED!
When I am scared I am frozen,
I start to panic
Nobody is around
I don’t move, I stay still
I feel like a mouse in a trap
Trying to run away
Darkness is surrounding me
and my mind closes its doors.
At night on my sofa
I watch a horror movie
I scream
The dark is all around
I think the monster is in my house,
I turn off the TV
I see the monster in front of me
I close my eyes
And the fear disappears
I don’t like fears
but there they are,
I fight them
but I never win
I’m as small as a mouse
But when I fight my fears
I get stronger and stronger
I know I can
destroy my fears
But my fears
are part of me
after all,
I love my fears