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Fear Of Oblivion

A Run Down Of The Fear Of Being Forgotten

Kali Lake
Aug 23, 2016
Calabasas, California
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Do you have a fear of being forgotten? Maybe this poem can help you figure out those complicated feelings that you've been bottling up for so long. It's a horrific thing to think about, and I believe that at one point or another it's past through our minds. However, this is for the ones who couldn't let go of the fear.

The Fear

Oblivion: extinction,forgotten, lost
This is my fear
I'm sorry if this is coming off unclear
This is just a subject I hold very dear
And I know the Fault in our stars have said it before
But if you please, just let me say it it once more
I'm afraid of words that you say here
Cause you think those are the things I need to hear
And I wonder if your kind words are all a lie
And what you really feel, you choose to hide
I'm sorry if I seem so weak
I just don't wanna be left behind

I don't wanna be forgotten, I don't wanna be lost
But to give up your heart, that is the cost
Cause people will disagree with what you say
And you could choose to be hurt, or turn the other way
But if I turn away will everything I've said been forgot
As if it's all for not
Cause one day we will all be in the grave
And they're be no one to save
What will we do then
Everything will be forgotten

And even though this may be our destiny
I refuge to believe any thing less than me
I refuse to believe nothingness is my fate
Because I believe I was destined to be something great
And I'll save being nobody for another date
Cause the me I am is what I want to be now
Talking among you, feeling so proud
I know I cannot be just a waste of space
Cause I'm here before you, in this very place
Trying to speak with just a little wisdom and grace

And I know in this moment the stage is all mine
And my words will be stuck here in time
And even if you don't remember my face or what I say
You'll get the gist of what is being said today
Even when were all gone
And our words have disappeared long, long ago
Time will be the only one who will remember
These scared feelings shared back in December

So you see
I am only just me
And that is all I'll ever be
Even though, these are words of empowerment
There's still so much uncertainty
And that's the fear that hurts me...

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