Fear

What if I lose
This lust for life?

What if I snap the strings
That bind me tight?

What if I blind my heart
To things that really matter?

What if I choke
On my own breath?

What if I stop feeling?
Where would I go?

What will become of me
If I am not what I am?

For I fear that
Which will extinguish

My fear
For then I will no longer

Be me, myself,
With all my fears.

I feel, I fear, I rise.
I burn, I fear, I fall.

And yet
Let me be

Me
My self

---S