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Fear of the unseen
by Ashok ShardaFear of the unseen.
I projected the past
On to the future
I closed all unseen possibilities.
02/05/2004 Author's Note: This is just to fill in the gap to walk out of a trap.
Posted on 02/05/2004
Copyright © 2026 Ashok Sharda
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Rula Shin on 02/05/04 at 03:17 AM Hahaha! Good escape Ashok! Brilliant little thought you so poetically jotten down here :-) Projecting the past onto the future seems a brilliant technique for reducing fear of the unseen. But I fear that I know it's just a projection...haha :-) |
| Posted by Michele Schottelkorb on 02/05/04 at 04:36 AM ah, to live in the past is to not give the future a chance... as always, brilliantly said, my friend... blessings... |
| Posted by Chris Sorrenti on 02/07/04 at 03:06 PM Profound echo of FDR's "the only thing to fear is fear itself." |
| Posted by Maureen Glaude on 02/09/04 at 04:37 PM This is useful to me in my starting a new job, or bringing a new poem to critique class. Or even thinking of the future. It is a bad habit to remember past failures, which color hope. Thanks. |
| Posted by Glenn Currier on 02/23/04 at 02:07 AM This is a landmark poem, charting the foibles of foisting the past into our present foreclosing possible futures. |
| Posted by Jean Mollett on 05/02/04 at 05:04 AM Hi Ashok,
Good one. Maybe we shouldn't dwell to much, take each day as it comes. Not worry so much. |
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