Fight the Fear Scholarship Slam — CLOSED

The Golden Kids, That's the group everyone wants to be in. In my school It's the kid with the AP’s that gets the recognition. That's the Kid who will succeed. While everyone else flunks with B’s.…

Deep breaths, They say It gets easier Each step My heart pounds My palms sweat My body shakes with a mix of Furor and Fretfulness Can I hold it together I gasp Not realizing I was holding my air…

She’s always been there lurking In the darkest corners of my mind I never thought of searching For the voice that mimicked mine But as the years went on She only got louder and stronger While I felt…

Faint streaks of light seep between the cracks Only to dissipate and fade Into the bleak water That etches every nook and every fray Of my run-down body Left defeated and in vain Darkness Darkness…

Clouds covered the airplane window of what used to be As the sky rushed my past away from what soon would be I could see. The scary things I left behind were not what I thought they’d be. Breathe.…

Catcalling “Slow down ma, Nice legs.” Who are you calling “ma”? Me? Up the block? You call at me like I’m some dog, And you're not? Speaking to a sister like that Would your “ma” like you speaking to…

Ask a flightless bird To fly And she will look at you With perplexed eye “How can you expect me To fly When I am told I can not Or don’t try?” Her wings are twigs Skinny and small Always outstretched…

The beauty of nature. The colors, the smells, the sounds. Animals rustling through the woods. Birds chirping in the trees. The crunching of your feet against the leaves. You walk down the rocky path,…

I used to see you in the shadows, Smirking devilishly at me with the thought that you could control me. If I dared to show any signs of weakness to you, I would feel your grip on my shoulders as you…

Fear, anxiety, speech. Nothing can be said to someone without words, seems easy for those who speak and love to. But those of us are not always as lucky with your ability to speak. Speak our ideas,…

Seasons change and the time flows The clock never stops and time is everlasting But the thing is it never seems like there is enough of it Seconds pass and hours seem like a whole lifetime Things…

I was livid. Or at least I thought I was. Anger tastes hot But this tasted like stone A car ride to DC Filled with sullen silence And self righteous anger Betrayal tastes bitter But this tasted like…

Why do I do the things I do? I never, never knew. Why do I choose to stay silent? Even when I have something to say I don't say it. I don't raise my hand with the answer to the question in fear I'll…

The night seems so long. The body is reckless and cold. The night is at a standstill. its slient as if its looking down on you. The mind is racing as if the coffee had 20 expresso shots. But when you…

I have anxiety. Why does that seem so hard to admit? It's just a word, nothing more. It's what it feels like... That's what makes it terrifying. Anxiety makes you feel like you're drowning. Drowning…

Silent. Afraid. Alone. . . I sit in the corner And see people from afar. Laughing. Talking. Having a good time. I wonder, why me? Why am I so quiet. . . So shy? No matter what I do, I do not have the…

I ignored it. I snapped it shut in the spines of swollen notebooks, I tried to smother it under gas pedals, I flung it down the stairs hoping it’d break it’s neck. I held my head underwater in the…

Enveloping Darkness, ever marching A light kashmir hood laying abreast an endless hallway. The Lady paying no mind to the absence of light, She only lives so Death can spite. Forever her children,…

Breathe. Blade to skin Blade to skin The pain will go away. Breathe. Blade to counter Blade to counter Pain doesnt kill pain. Breathe. Blade away Blade away No more pain.

Last time we met you sat across from me, teeth bared, eyes wide, a complete threat, Now flashbacks cloud my mind and i want to be free. My heart races and fear claws at my throat, This time I don't…

Even if I'm not happy, Jesus will still be here. God will still hold my hand when I'm filled with fear. They still think I'm beautiful when I think I'm ugly. Even when I'm filled with hate, they will…

My fluttery chest dances, with a want to create The winter crispness hits my bare skin, my hair erect Thoughts fly like horses, of which has began running a race Tick Tick, time in the midst, tunnel…

Feel these signs, feel these signs? Take them as your warning sign, warning sign If you can just pull away, pull away You only have so much time, so much time Feel these signs, feel these signs? I…

I've never written a poem before. My fear of speaking brought my knees to the floor. But I went to the city to teach people of truth. Which I learned was hard without movement of tooth. So with God…