Fear the Tyrant

Fear is tyranny in the mind

cruel and controlling,

spread like a disease

fear also comes with

different levels of power

and has different effects

on different people

For some, it wakes them up

adrenaline making them dare

with the bravery to face their fears

choosing fight over flight

 but for others, fear shuts them down

they curl up in a ball

and have their fears overpower them

choosing flight over fight

fear comes in different levels as well

from just ignorable whispers

to unreasonable phobias

For myself, I have one great phobia

that has always been my mind's tyrant

that fear being Entomophobia

as well as Arachniphobia

I can't have an insect or spider touch me

if the insect is a flying one, it must be

within a range of 3 to 10 feet away from me

the range depending on the species

except for ants, I can't kill anything

I can't even pick up a dead one

This is my tangible phobia that

my tyrant of fear immobilizes me with

However, I also have other

fears that rule my mind

unlike before, these fears can't be

killed or escaped from

These fears stem from

my crippling anxiety

Fears of failure, 

being secretly hated by loved ones,

my future,

falling deeper into my depression,

and so much more.

Between the tangible and

the inescapable,

the bringers of tyranny to

our minds is fear

the choice is ours

will we fight with bravery

or will we desperately flee