This is a tender reflection on facing the shadows within. It traces the quiet journey from being held captive by fear to gently understanding and releasing it.

Through simple rhyme and emotional honesty, the poem reminds us that courage is not the absence of fear—but the grace to walk beside it without losing ourselves.

Me and My Fear

On quiet nights, my fear would creep,
A shadowed guest that stole my sleep.
It whispered softly, “You’re not enough”
And turned each task to trials tough.

I trembled like a leaf in a storm,
Afraid to stray from what was norm.
It wrapped my heart in chains so tight,
And dimmed the glow of every light.

But one still night, I turned around,
To face the ghost that kept me bound.
Its eyes were mine—so full, so near,
My face reflected in my fear.

I said, “You’ve stayed too long, it’s true,
You’re part of me—but not all through.”
I breathed it out, both slow and clear,
And felt the dawn replace my fear.

Now fear still comes, but I stand tall,
I know its name, I know it all.
I walk beside it, calm, unbound—
The chains are gone, my strength is found.

(Vijay Verma)
www.retiredkalam.com

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