A Fear Poem
How Raghav Faced His Fear of Embarrassment and 50 Other Fears!

When forced to attend a birthday party,
He would sit with his head down;
And imagine Aunt Marge, and Patel and Warty,
Giving him a scorning frown!

School was no better, in fact it was worse!
For the teacher made him utter
Julius Caesar verse for verse,
And all Raghav did was stutter!

And when Raghav’s good friend Naughty Paul
Called him in the afternoon,
And shrieked, “Let’s shop at the mall!”
Raghav was ready to swoon.

The Mall made him sweat, the mall made him weep,
So many people, so stylish, so chic!
All of them seemed to say- “Raghav, so cheap!”
And Raghav would feel like a pig.


One day he thought and thought and thought
As he sat near the raging sea,
“Why is life such a rot?
Why is everyone mocking me?"

“Why does every place seem scary?
Why does everyone call me a fool?”
When Suddenly, there appeared a fairy -
In a white frock with strands of wool!


“Raghav, Raghav”, the fairy said
“Don’t despair, don’t worry, don’t choke -”
(Thought Raghav - is this in my head?)
As the fairy swayed her wand and spoke!

“All fears, dear Raghu, are in your heart,
That is where they survive,
And the more you feed them apple tart,
The more terrible your life!”

“Life can be happy, and joyous and gay
If you ward those fears away
So dear Raghu, kick them off, I say
Why do you bid them to stay?”

The fairy’s words sounded so nice,
But how would he kick away fears?
He looked into the fairy’s blue eyes,
And again burst into tears!

“Raghu my boy”, said the fairy
As she wiped his tears away,
Though so many fears seem so scary
You can face a fear a day!”

“Everyday, pick up a fear
No matter how small or big,
And give it a kick on it’s rear
And do a little jig!”

And then the fairy faded away
After this lecture on fears!
And Raghav suddenly felt so gay,
He hadn’t felt so in years!

He hopped and skipped and skipped and hopped
And said good bye to the sea.
And when he went back home and knocked,
Dad’s friends were sipping tea!

He shuddered a while and then he thought
Let this be my fear for today,
And then he straightaway caught
Mr Bin’s hand and said, “Hey!”

And as he did this, his head spun,
He felt ripped apart by a knife;
But despite the shaking, this had to be done -
A fear a day was life.

Interestingly, Mr Bins said “Hi”,
And also added, “How nice!”
And Raghav who was about to die,
Was full of surprise!

That day he talked to dad’s pals
“What a wonderful boy”, they said.
And he served them cheese balls
And he simply didn’t go red!

The next day Mr Bins, was getting married
Said he, “Come Raghu, have fun!”
But Raghav felt very afraid and harried,
And was tempted to run.

But a fear a day was life, thought he
Come what may, he had to face it.
So Raghav, though shaking with anxiety,
Finally decided to grace it.

He stuttered and fumbled but found his voice,
And spoke to a girl standing near.
“Hi, Raghav’s my name”, he said with poise,
“And I am new here.“

“My name’s Serra”, the girl replied,
And Raghav and she talked.
Raghav was stunned, he hadn’t died!
And he felt so nice as they walked!

But at school next day, again he was dazed
He shook like that and shivered like this;
But a fear a day had to be faced
And he said, “I have a question miss!”

And to his surprise the moment he faced
The fear, it vanished away like this!
And instead of feeling embarrassed, disgraced,
He felt a sense of bliss!


And when asked to volunteer
To speak on Independence Day,
He raised his hand, though numb with fear,
And spoke his heart away!

Raghu kicked each fear with disdain,
And one by one they vanished!
And a new Raghu was born again
Everyone was astonished!


Just yesterday, he was at the fair
The one he was organizing!
How did he go from his lair
To being so enterprising?

“Oh there’s no secret, there’s no mystery”
Said Raghav, his expression gay
“You’ll get anywhere, you’ll get into history
If you face a fear a day.”

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