poetry, prose, and photography
There are many fears
They will never be lonely
I can leave them be
It’s so hard, sometimes, to disentangle from my fears. They are so deeply interwoven into my life. Yet I’ve rooted out many over the years.
May you be freed from fear’s inertia. From its attempts to rob you of joy and wonder.
And may your Sunday recharge and invigorate you.
Taught risk avoidance
Always so vigorously
Hence why fear haunts me
Darkness and the light
Elements of all our lives
Don’t give in to fear
Finding oneself aligned with the light, it’s easy to be afraid of the darkness within us.
I wonder if I would’ve resisted the Nazis had I lived in WWII Germany. Would I have been able to resist my fears, of the ever present Gestapo.
Do you think you would’ve risked your life?
Fire engines call
Sirens piercing the darkness
Summoned against fear
Rage brings forth power
Everything comes with a cost
Not a path to peace
I feed in darkness
Wander the night, consuming
Chocolate fears me
We struggle with fear
But fear has its own wisdom
We must seek balance
Facing the old dreams
Memories long since hidden
Those things frighten me
My mind waking me
So very much racing through
Still desire sleep
My mind can be quite creative in these odd hours. Often, though,my waking isn’t about creative expression rather regarding fear.
Carl Setzer: Word Shaper 