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Be Afraid
by Walt Hardester
Saturday, October 20, 2007
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A Halloween repost, still relevent as ever


I am the thing you fear the most,


Not a ghoul or Casper the ghost.


Not Bella Lugossi dressed to kill,


Or Karloff meant to give a chill.


'Nor am I Vlad The Terrible,


No mask I wear at the opera.


And when All Hallow's Eve is over,


I'm still here and will not go away,


I stay right here with you,


Each and every day.


You can not put me on a shelf,


I am the Demons within yourself!!


(c)2007 Walt Hardester                 


 


 

     


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Reviewed by Valerie Jackson (Reader) 11/29/2008
Wow.....Scared me.
Reviewed by ~ Holly Harbridge (Reader) 10/29/2008
Very true Walt...you said perfectly. love Holly
Reviewed by LadyJtalks LadyJzTalkZone 10/28/2007
oh yes, know you well. good write. Lady J
Reviewed by La Belle Rouge 10/23/2007
A classic Sir Walt and scarier than anything Hollywood could dream up. Welcome to the Ball Darlink.
Reviewed by Kathy Armijo 10/22/2007
This is, perhaps, the scariest and truest halloween story of them all - the demon within one's self.

Kathy
Reviewed by High Country Girl 10/21/2007
We all ( of the human race) have the potential within ourselves, but as far as I'm personally concerned....I say NADA to that having free reign!
I prefer the indwelling of a Higher and more glorious HS.
Thought provoking.

:) Ch'erie
Reviewed by Dana Reed 10/21/2007
Boy, you've got something bad inside. 'Course I don't really believe that. It's just a poem and a great one at that.

Dana
Reviewed by Georg Mateos 10/21/2007
You have got a vampire inside sucking on your soul, it doesn't help being scared and go looking over your shoulder.
He! he!! he!!!
Georg
Reviewed by E T Waldron 10/20/2007
wow! powerful Walt,gave me the shivers!

ET
Reviewed by Felix Perry 10/20/2007
...and sometimes that demon is the scareiest of all as we try to keep a reign on what evil lurks within our own souls...

Fee
Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner 10/20/2007
Oh, my, Walt...excellent!

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.

Sometimes we are our own worst enemy.
Reviewed by Karen Palumbo 10/20/2007
Ooooo Walt, this is soooo good, sends chills up and down my spine. Guess it is time for me to walk with my garlic and cross....

Be safe,
Karen
Reviewed by R Beeman 10/20/2007
excellent photo and well written words to capture the moment. nice to read between the lines on this one.

randy
Reviewed by Southern Comfort 10/20/2007
Strangely, I find this poem to be SEXY, or maybe it the Poetry Man who wrote it?? I am so proud to call Ya Bro! LOVE YOU! Sissy
Reviewed by Randall Barfield 10/20/2007
a good drink'll slosh you around in there! so hush up!
Reviewed by Rebecca Lerwill 10/20/2007
Great write, Walt and great picture. It captures the moment just so.
R~
Reviewed by George Carroll 10/20/2007
Great poetry and so true.
Reviewed by D Johnson 10/20/2007
Good pen...loved it.

Dan
Reviewed by Susan de Vegter 10/20/2007
Yes you are Walt!! jez kidd'n!
Love,
Susan
Reviewed by Charlie 10/20/2007
Oooo. Great little shaman's poem. --Charlie
Reviewed by Tinka Boukes 10/20/2007
YIP...there is a demon deep inside every breathing soul...specially when tormented by the void that reality left behind!!

Great thought provoking piece Walt!!

Let love and laughter be the word to avoid those demons of fear!!

Love Tinka

pst....(got rugby fear and fever...lol)
Reviewed by Amber Moonstone 10/20/2007
Walt,
This is very good. You really hit a vein here...
Peace, Love, and Light,
Amber "V"
Reviewed by JASMIN HORST SEILER 10/20/2007
This is the greatest, it's wonderful prose that portraits the black and white in us all! Jasmin Horst
Reviewed by Karen Vanderlaan 10/20/2007
how very true this one is!!
Reviewed by Mr. Ed 10/20/2007
Wow, and probably very true for most of us. And now, I'll have to keep a look out for all of myself, at La Belle's Ball. That is Spooky.
Reviewed by Ann Scarborough 10/20/2007
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