FEAR IS...
the indrawn breath you hold to not make a sound.
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FEAR IS...
the shallow breathing to pretend you are asleep.
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FEAR IS...
the pounding sound in your ears and your heart.
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FEAR IS...
the smell of breath and sweat.
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FEAR IS...
the taste of a dry mouth and swallowing nothing at all.
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FEAR IS...
a shadow that you see in the corner of your eye.
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FEAR IS...
the jump that places you firmly on the ceiling at a single touch or sound.
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FEAR IS...
sweaty palms and frozen muscles.
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FEAR WAS...
me as a child.