Amongst the hollows,

Hidden with my deepest fears,

Are the blurred thoughts

I dare not show.

This is how,

I lived day by day-

With increasing dread

That just wouldn't go away.

I feared my friends wouldn't love me,

That I wouldn't go to the dance,

That nothing that I did,

Was ever quite enough.

What mattered most to me,

While I laid awake each night,

Is that no matter what I've felt,

All the others were alright.

My tears that should flow freely,

I keep inside my eyes.

I know I shouldn't cry,

Because my father told me so.

All my fears are fading now,

I wonder what I took.

I remember now just what I did,

I let my fear of fear control me.

So good-bye dear world.

The dance matters not.

No friend will follow,

At least not tonight.

My punishment awaits,

For I still have fears.

My lover should come and save me,

But he does not exist.

Tear away my soul,

Rip my flesh,

But know that now,

I have achieved my goal-

I finally have no fears.