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The Greatest Fear: Failure


I wake to the sun peaking over the mountains

Another day

Another day to prove myself

Or not

Pressure

Pushing, pulsing, pounding through my veins

It tightens my chest and craves to eat me alive

Crippling

But I still move on

For the fear of failure is far more deadly than this pain

But fear may not always be the criminal

It gives me my passion

Dedication

Fiece determination

A fiery desire to succeed

My fear motivates my progression

Perhaps without trials one never learns

One adapts

Changes

Evolves

Molds themselves

To be stronger

Durable

A power

Power

Fear 

Fear brings about power

Power to overcome the fear that comes with the sun rising above the mountains

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