On Fear

Fear whispered in my ear

Letting me things that might have been true

But never forgetting for a moment

Wounds that raged

Hurting deeply

My ability to fully engage in life

The thing with fear

Is that it so often draws near

And its powerful truth is

At times hard to negate

Do we drop all of our defences and honour our heart

Even if we risk losing

Or being torn apart

Maybe though after all of this damage

There is a day that comes

When we find we can manage

A day that we recognise failure or damage

Is not the end of things

May be instead

A place of greater humility

As well as an awakening

To an enlarged sense of things

In a life where

So much proves itself to be

Deep mystery

Unknown

Or out of our control