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Write a letter to your fear (Sponsored by ProWritingAid) 5 months, 1 weeks ago Dear Death,
Necia Campbellmy fear of you is healthy, keeps me sharp
and on alert— a safety net crocheted
by love, not purled with ego’s tattered tarps.Stay.
I shall not wish this faithful fear away.
Its selfless patterns form organic art,
each line, each curve depicting chances weighed—
a fleeting thrill, or pieces of my heart
protected by the risks I do not take.For them, I’d bleach my neon yarnscape soul.
The Machu Picchu steps I need not see,
nor paradisal nuclear atolls—
for if adventure wove my earthly leave,
who’d treble stitch my family’s gaping holes
to safeguard from the frostbite of their grief?Style Score: 100%
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Necia, my greatest fear is death as well. Not my own death, but the death of those I love most. It is crazy that death causes us so much fear and anxiety despite the fact that we know it is imminent. We will all die, yet that does not stop us from letting fear control us. Thank you for sharing this powerful poem!
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Thanks for reading! I’ve lost too many people and almost lost a child. I was anxious about him for a long time and still get a tightness in my chest when he tells me he’s having a hard time with life. But my fear of death is mostly that all of my loved ones will be sad when I die and I won’t be there to comfort them. 💔
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