Fight the Fear Scholarship Slam — CLOSED

the first time i heard about you it was like a dream your name sounded so good leaving my mouth "college" but despite everyone saying that you love me you despise me a first generation chicana female…

I wanted to see you every day every night If only our worlds would crash and collide From a distance a single speck in the sky So far away and it never felt right Always the twinkle of a far galaxy…

Adapt to surroundings overcome your fear no matter the fear the only thing to fear is fear itself fear is natural overcoming sepaerates you from average overcome you fear live a better life

A thousand words I only needed a thousand One thousand Ten hundreds Ten steps Ten steps Ten steps The top looks below They all smile A thousand words I fall down steps Ten steps Ten steps Ten steps I…

Fear is: Waking up Breathing Going outside Speaking Being silent Waiting For justice, for peace, for things to change The other day my friend said, “I’m gonna make it out.” I said, “Don’t hold your…

Fear, as I’ve found, isn’t worth a damn. Fear is low sometimes, like on Scuffed elbow Saturdays when heat washes up from the asphalt until it reaches telephone wires littered with worn sneakers,…

Be iron-willed. Be heroic. Be optimistic. Be considerant, Be passionate, Be honest Be wise, Be impartial, Be absolute, Be everything that is iron-willed and heroic and optimistic and considerate and…

Looking into a somber, empty future Bequeathing a speech to a room of strangers Plummeting into an empty abyss. Becoming a guardian of your psyche Acknowledging the precedence of friendships…

It’s 12:47 AM. You’re asleep, all tucked in bed your head resting against the pillows of feathers plucked from white geese. Your mind is playing scenes for you to enjoy so your body can take a…

Fear of failure Fear of decepcion Fear of Love Fear of the Future Fear of Life... We fear everything because thats the way things are If their was no fear how would we strive to get to places We need…

Fear Perhaps our greatest friend, He knows us all to well. He knows when we fret, when we hesitate, And he comes, as would a mother, To take us away to feel safer. Yet still, he overbears. When we…

A pounding heartbeat Sweaty palms and shaky hands Dread Taking over your entire body It’s everywhere You can’t move Trapped in place Trapped in your own mind Fear wrapping around you Like ropes…

Fear! It isn't so fun passing out at the biggest time of your senior year. All the excitement comes to an end when you end up in the hospital that same night. Weeks go by and tests are ran. No…

I closed my eyes, and took a deep breath. Now or never. After all, what have I got to lose?

I feel afraid The deadline looms I know I can I'm afraid I will lose . With this fear Comes my procrastination Why do anything at all If I can't make it perfect . Finally, I concede And begin my task…

Funny how the littlest things seem so big Ironic how the ones you love are the ones who hurt you Stupid how the easier route gets chosen over the most thorough Sad how the kindest people are treated…

My hair is something that resembles a gorilla, a caveman, or a clown. She is told she is ugly, to always "brush your hair!", despite it already being groomed. My hair is something like a maze. She is…

Panic. Constricting. Its waking up at three in the morning in a cold sweat. Crying for no reason. Gasping for breath. It makes us dread the incoming morning. Keeps us awake at night. It's a shadow…

With a gun to his chest, wounds self inflicted: What were his last moments like? As he bled out, face down in the grass; all alone with his final thoughts. The night my best friend took his own life.…

Do you hear that ringing? Like swarms of bees trapped within my head, Every buzz another stinging reminder that, that future will never happen. Maybe the ringing was a doorbell Reality knocking on a…

The search for money plagues the dream Creates a goal of unachievable means Of wanting more than the person above Getting all that money will be tough When you get more money than that guy And that…

When I look at the ocean or the pool I start to frown My fear is that I will drown When I am in water, neck deep Panic alarm inside my head starts to beep My heart beats fast As I pray for my anxiety…

Call lights shining, alarms ringing, people racing, I'm in over my head. Long lectures, rushed notes, early mornings, I'm in over my head. Blood pressure rising, nerves all a wreck, I can't keep up,…

Closing in From every corner All the fire touches Is consumed. For if we cannot trust The Flame Then whom? If it is to come, Let it. Consume. Feed it. Throw it your mistakes, Regrets, Your chances…