I am your anonymous foe

I rage battles against you

all day long

i lurk in the shadows of your failures

and i attack every thought

of prosperity you got

i make you suffer more

than you are meant to be

i kill you softly yet with your

breath in your lungs

i know well how to play with your mind

i am the cause of your

emotional disconnect

of perpetual floating

I am that voice

that whispers you will never get it

i am the spin in your head

rumbles in your tummy you get

when your turn comes to shine out

I am that whisper so far

yet so near

I am your outrageous opponent

yet you never recognise me

I am easy to defeat

and yet trying has never

crossed your mind

I am who I am

I AM FEAR

Angel Phionah Ampurire is a law student at the University of Rwanda