Fight the Fear Scholarship Slam — CLOSED

There it was, That shadowy silhouette With its glowing yellow eyes, And tall stature, Always watching, Always waiting, Waiting for the perfect time to strike. It seemed to follow me everywhere, In a…

Going down a road I've always known I feel it coming out of the blue. Crawling up my spine like a spider, My anxiety spins webs of fear Throughout my brain. Hands gripping the wheel tight And tears…

Some children have monsters under their bed. Some have skeletons in their closet. One child in particular fears something far greater, A child of her own age. She remembers the day like it was…

Dragging cloak of death Darkness plaguing the cloths path Sorrow at his heels

I do not have any fears As they are are all too trivial to me. Why cry in front of a bug? Why scream in a small room? Did the bug yell about people's mothers? Did the room collapse? See, they're…

What is Fear? What is real or fake? is this breath, mine to take? why me, I ask is it to be a lowly Schizophrenic, A freak. How can I fight what is not real? How can I defeat the very thing that…

College. A big word, a thrilling word, a costly word, a scary word. There was a time when that word meant very little to me, A vague term that had nothing to do with my life. Now it draws ever…

I stand upon a twisted stage-- above a crowd of stone. I know that comfort's far away, and confidence has flown. I see a bird without a fear Asleep beneath the noise I Sing, I dance, I Act, I live to…

Panic A sheet of red covering my brain Breaths coming fast Too fast. No danger, just my thoughts, As I ride in the back The landscape passes by, And I decide To throw my panic to the wind Leave it…

I always thought I was beautiful But this process breaks the body There’s another life inside my own A life that calls my body home I’ve searched for hours and still I roam Looking around for answers…

I was a little girl and I was afraid of walking barefoot—so I played just once in the sprinklers. I remember the evening pink and delirious, the brick steps warming my mother’s thighs and the pressed…

Good enough. Am I? What is? Applying for graduate schools. Will I make it? Have I done enough? Will this be the one? No. Okay, try again. More applications. More time. More money. Can I even do this?…

Fear Conquer or be conquered they say. But I say- True courage lies in facing day by day Fear straight between the eyes, Calling out his lies. His voice that whispered, “Inadequate!” And said I must…

As the Stars hit me, I looked at them, cornered and far. I sat there and I trembled, even the doors to heaven ajar. They mocked my weeping, the bastards, and I was solidly scared, And yet they didn't…

My path seemed set in stone, predetermined, unwavering. Now it hangs carelessly like a stop sign after a tornado strike. The debris has settled and I wait anxiously for help to arrive. But no one…

Fear is to tangles, no out- Brain high, mired up. Face HIGH, Breath HIGH, Thoughts HIGH- When TALK, You Get TALKED. Minus the Gratitude, Birth the MAD- When sight Rich, comes the END of the BAD. Down…

even on an island, surrounded by the sea your presence haunts my waking mind there is no place to flee You scrabble down my neck, clawing at my heart-strings my compass is decieved by lies the…

The world is cold. Cold like the air that sets your hands shaking your jaw clenching your heart racing. Cold like the pain in your brain after too much ice cream when it hits a tooth just wrong. Cold…