Eyes of fear
are rather
quite big.
Pointy fangs
are fear’s
only teeth.
Fear has naught
but a single wish..
To grasp you,
to bite you,
to feed.

Little scaredy cat
makes up
some fear..
then sighs
pitifully at it:
“Oh dear!”

But I ain’t afraid
of nothing..
I make up
some fear..
just to laugh at it.

Author: В.Кудрявцева
(translated from Russian)