“(F)ear” is about my outlook on how life should be perceived. I know many teenage girls who sometimes take life too seriously. At this age, we should think of life as more of a big picture that is still unfolding, rather than as a micro-moment.
Taught from young that the pit in her stomach, the sweat on her hands, and the pain in her chest will always be there no matter what. The feeling of being lost in a place full of people who already have their opinions and intentions for her. They’ll all hurt and destroy her, adding more things to her demise. Although she’s remained strong through mental, physical, and sexual abuse—she knows that it’s coming.
The strength is dwindling
The light at the end of the tunnel is
No longer twinkling.
For it is pitch black, cold, and she’s numb.
She is sweating and shuddering
Because everything is out of her control.
Yet, inevitably, she endures a breakthrough
And the blue devils become invisible
Like gravity, her infelicity into the galaxy . . .
Taught from experiences, she knows that even though these experiences may be dark, she must go through them. Not because she’s terrible or deserves the worst—but because these hardships, sufferings, are nothing but lessons and experiences. The scars and burns are stories to tell someone who needs it. From this she learned a lesson—maybe even a philosophy—that without fear there would be no function, no motivation to get out of where she is. But we must pull positivity from our experiences because we don’t know our expiration date.
So why live in the darkness and not chase the light? Why take everything while we’re young as such burdens and not lessons? There’s no need to view teenage years as if they are negative times, because this time we have is for lessons. Shaping. To formulate the best versions of ourselves. Generation (F)ear is the generation of hope and strength.