Poetry

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FEAR IS AN AWFUL PHOBIA
OF APPREHENSION AND ALARM
IT MAKES ONE'S FLESH CREEP
IN ANTICIPATION OF HARM


IT CAUSES US TO TREMBLE
WITH PALPITATIONS AND COLD SWEAT
A DEEP RESTLESSNESS, A SHAKING
OF TERROR AND THREAT


FEAR CAN REALLY STARTLE
MAKING ONE'S BLOOD RUN COLD
YET... WERE GIVEN POWER TO CONQUER FEAR
BY FACING IT AND BEING BOLD


FOR GOD DIDN'T GIVE US A SPIRIT OF FEAR
IT'S FROM THE BIBLE, THAT I QUOTE
BUT OF POWER, LOVE AND A SOUND MIND
THAT IS WHAT GOD WROTE


WHEN FEAR COMES TO INTIMIDATE YOU
DON'T QUIVER...NOR SIT IN DISMAY
TAKE AUTHORITY OVER IT...IN GOD'S NAME
AND IT WILL SURELY GO AWAY


COPYRIGHT 2004 JUDITH JOHNSON KYPTA

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