Befriended By Fear

For so long I’d been

Confronting, or fleeing

Contending, not seeing

My fear

All along, it was right here

Whispering, what

I didn’t want

To hear

Until the moment

Its lay its purpose clear

I’m here not to inhibit you… but to help you

It made its plain appeal

When you feel me the strongest

Don’t stop, don’t retreat

Just open yourself, to the burning heat

of life

Sitting, sopped in sweat

I wait to be, caught by breath

This “epic fucking ceremony!?!”

Hadn’t even started yet

And when it did

My fear appeared

In courage, at my side

Pointing my destiny, awakened, alive

ATTENTION! This, here!

This opportunity’s ripe

Abdicate nothing

Live.this.life.

.pete rezac