Fear
Pantoum after Indira Reddy
However hard you may try
The fear never subsides
‘When will all this end’ you cry
This clutching of the insides
The fear never subsides
Like a virus multiplies
This clutching of the insides
It crushes me like a vice
Like a virus multiplies
Wreaking havoc in its course
It crushes me like a vice
Formidable is its force
Wreaking havoc in its course,
Like Juggernaut it rolls,
Formidable is its force
Extracting a heavy toll
Like Juggernaut it rolls,
Like a gale wind grows in force
Extracting a heavy toll
Hardly does it show remorse
Like a gale wind grows in force
You cannot escape it’s heat
Hardly does it show remorse
This enemy you can’t beat
You cannot escape it’s heat
‘When will all this end’ you cry
This enemy you can’t beat
However hard you may try
This poem is a part of Passing Pantoums project. I borrowed a pair of lines from this pantoum:
