Night Fright
Covered by a blanket
And the darkness of the night
I weep from the terror
And the Reaper in my sight
As I attempt to slumber
The thoughts begin to creep
Into my world of logic
Bringing horrors, dark and deep
My body starts tremble
As my heart begins to pound
Soon I lose sensation
And I cannot hear a sound
Comfortably numb is just a dream
Painfully dumb, I hold my screams
It won't end!
It can't end!
How can it end?!?
My tortured soul shouts
As fears tear apart my brain
And an evil chill torments me
As I pray to end the pain
"God, are you up there?"
I whisper to the ceiling
Exhaustion takes effect
And I get a warmer feeling
But the misery isn't over
Though the terror's gone away
Cause I'll have to feel the sorrow
And face my fears another day
Funky Dung
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I think you have a point about people fearing annihilation. But I also think one of the reasons people fear death is because they're frightened of the pain that often accompanies it.
Years ago, when she was ill, my mother told our pastor: "I'm not scared of death. It's the dying part I don't like."
I think many people would share that sentiment — and I think that most of us want to die quietly in our sleep. We don't want to die of cancer, to be sick for years. We don't want to die in a car accident, when we might linger on life support for a time. We certainly don't want to die a martyr's death.
I think that fear of death is pretty much a fear of the process of dying.
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Posted 22 Dec 2004 at 6:43 am ¶Funky&Emily-
Partly the death/pain aspect, no doubt. Just EXTREME fear of the unknown… pretty powerful um, paralyzing agent to some.
"Our greatest fear is that when we die, we become nothing"- Thich Nhat Hanh
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Posted 22 Dec 2004 at 8:28 pm ¶Marjo, welcome to my blog!
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Posted 25 Dec 2004 at 9:29 pm ¶Fear of living forever is real. I tend to think it's based in awareness of one's own limitations extended infinitely. For me, the comfort is to remember the love and mercy of God.
fear of being bored in heaven
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fear of infinity
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Posted 28 Dec 2004 at 2:00 am ¶I've had people tell me that they aren't really excited about heaven for the reasons Jollyblogger gives, so there's something to what he's saying. I do think you're right than many people fear death simply beacuse they fear not existing anymore.
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