WRITING OBSTACLE
Something you fear has entered your home. Write a deeply descriptive paragraph about the experience.
This could be something tangible (a spider, a snake, etc), or something more abstract (a memory or a threat).
Scared
Iām scared.
Iām scared of anything and everything.
Scared of loving.
Scared of not loving.
Scared of being happy,
Scared of being hurt.
Iām terrified of everything around me.
Iām scared of letting you down.
Iām scared Iām not enough,
Scared Iāll never be.
So I say all the wrong things,
Because Iām afraid of the right ones.
I wish I could be a little braver.
I wish I could say what I want.
Thereās a version of me that knows what to say,
A version that has no fear.
I see her sometimes,
Glimpse her in the mirror.
I wish I wasnāt so afraid.
Iām watching everything slip away because I canāt bear to try,
Canāt bear to chase my dreams.
I know what I want,
And I know this isnāt how to get it.
Iām scared of being wrong,
Scared of making a fool of myself.
Iād rather sit behind my easy way out,
Dying inside,
Than let my facade slip
And let you see the real me.
Can you see the real me?
So to the girl in the mirror:
Iām sorry Iām letting you down.
Iām sorry I hide like this.
But Iām safe with my own disappointment,
Safe knowing Iām the only one who can hurt me.
āYou miss all the shots you donāt takeā
But if I donāt take those shots nobody else knows I missed.
Iām sorry I always miss.
Iām sorry I always let myself down.