“Oh Fear, Why?”

You make me shake.
You make me sweat.
You make me cry.
You make my sleep troubled.
You make it hard for me to let go.
You fuel my anger.
You fuel the green dragon.
You hold me in your grasp, sometimes so tight I can’t breathe.
You never let me free.
You live where I don’t want to go.

You live, I let you.
You live deep in me.
You live, without you am I half of me.
You live there is a need for you.
You live as you always have.
You live because you know me.
You live where I don’t want to go.

You lay in silence waiting and watching
You wait for that one wrong thought.
You wait for that one wrong turn.
You wait for my heart to beat faster.
You wait for the joy to fill me.
You wait for the sadness to cover me.
You wait for the trust to crumple.
You wait for the doubt that follows.
You live where I don’t want to go.

I must seek you out.
I must go to where you live.
I must go to where you hide.
I must awaken you.
I must look you in the eyes.
I must look back through your eyes at me.
I need to see what you see.

For then I am you and you are then me.
For then I will know you and you will know me.
For then I will see you not as scary as you make me feel.
For then I will learn to let go.
For then I will learn to be free.
For then I will learn to be me.
For then I will learn how to control you and not you control me.

Oh Fear, the war has begun.
Oh, Fear, the battle cry has sounded, friends I gather.
Friends heed my call, come to my battle stance.
These are the friends I call to the battle stance Soul, Love,
Compassion, Friendship and Understanding.
The battlefield has been selected.
The battles will be hard and some drawn.
Prepare yourself Fear for here I come.
I will no longer allow you to control me.
I will no longer fear you Fear.