Definition Poem: Fear Kai Ohlig

Definition Poem: Fear

Kai Ohlig

Fear is the unpleasant emotional state

Of physiological response

When facing the threatened or endangered fate

But fear is more than that

It’s when I’m doing a test

And I haven’t practiced

I carefully look around

To find the answer

I don’t know

What question comes next

If I can’t see the time

And how much I have left

To practice before a performance

That is unpreventable

Fear is a deep hollow voice

In the dark

A creepy voice

That I can’t determine

Where it comes from

Fear is when

I brake my saxophone

And I deserve

To be punished

What will happen?

What will I be punished with?

I don’t know

‘Cause fear

Is

When I don’t know