Fear

By Chad Carlson

I'm shaking like a leaf

I'm curled up in a ball

Pressed into a corner

Up against the wall

The fear is ever present

The reason quite unknown

The answer is in my head

But the door is always closed

The meaning of my existence

Is to constantly be afraid

The condition is quite serious

Positions I cannot trade

Some people call me crazy

But if they only knew

Lunacy would be so easy

Compared to what I go through

A welcome change of pace

A reality of untold truth

For if you knew what I did

You'd be petrified too.