Zed Cypher

Free Writing

Agoraphobia is the fancy word

for what I feel.

An abnormal fear

of being in crowds,

the dictionary says.

But terror is another word,

a better one, really.

See, everyone knows

what terror means.

And this is what it means to me:

At school—every morning,

Every single morning—

the halls—the crowded halls—

are hives

aswarm with bees

that know no sweetness,

only

stings.

Dawn Reader