dread is more patient than fear
fear leaps from the dark while dread
dread takes his time as if strolling
through the park bringing dusk with him
lengthening shadows beneath the trees
and the next curve along the path
dread crawls like a worm into your chest
nestling in just below the rib cage
before sending tentacles out like threads
stitching all the tiny bits of worry
into a net trapping you with your
own sense of impotent immobility
(December 2, 2013)
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