Biggest Fear

All I want is for you to be near
I try not to wonder how long you’ll be here
So many things in life cannot be controlled
I only want to hold you until we grow old
Losing the one I love is my biggest fear

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– Written for Limerick Challenge Week 40: Fears. Photo by Leara Morris-Clark ©2016. “Biggest Fear” made the top 5 in this contest.

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8 thoughts on “Biggest Fear”

Dom says:

October 5, 2016 at 2:03 am

That is exactly what is happening to me. This poem is wonderful

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1. LearaWrites says:
  
  October 5, 2016 at 6:13 am
  
  Thank you but sorry to hear you are experiencing it.
  
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  1. Dom says:
    
    October 5, 2016 at 6:39 am
    
    Yes. Unfortunately. Life really has got many surprises for us.
    
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Nicola Auckland says:

October 6, 2016 at 4:37 pm

How nice to have a love to be so fearful of losing. Great poem.

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MindandLifeMatters says:

October 8, 2016 at 4:45 pm

That is a great limerick! And as Nicola pointed out, it is great to have a love that you fear losing!

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magarisa says:

October 9, 2016 at 1:27 pm

I can definitely relate to this fear. Great limerick!

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Indira says:

October 11, 2016 at 11:57 pm

Wonderful Limerick. We all have this fear. Nice take.

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