The Garden of Fear
Free Verse on Self-Doubt
This is for Vocal's I Didn't Say That Out Loud challenge and Ellie Hoov's Wonderland challenge.
Hope blooms within the brambles. Michelle Liew
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There is a garden in the heart
Unkempt, with brambles borne of hurt
Where fear grows, untended
Choking growth, stifling balm
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The soil remembers every fear,
Each seed of doubt, by failure planted
Each naysaying quote that does unmoor,
Each lone stem that stands unwanted
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We stand there alone--
Shunning weeds that overgrow,
And the hands that quiver
When from garden's heart we pull.
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But a ray of light streams through this day
A tiny bloom, resilient, strong
Defies the stubborn weight of "nay"
And we see the right within the wrong.
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Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin
Hi, i am an English Language teacher cum freelance writer with a taste for pets, prose and poetry. When I'm not writing my heart out, I'm playing with my three dogs, Zorra, Cloudy and Snowball.
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Wonderfully written, Michelle <3
Self-doubt needs to be pulled out! Nice analogy, Michelle.