Fear

Fear faces us every day whether we acknowledge it or deny it.

1sojournal has posed a daily world challenge that may be responded to in a variety of ways. I have chosen this quick little poetic response which sums it up for me for the moment.


Fear

fear’s face is change
and it is always here;
eyeball to eyeball, nose to nose;
it’s breath and mocking spirit
hot on my lips, saying,
You can’t stand, still.

Randy Mazie

picture by Randy Mazie

picture by Randy Mazie

9 thoughts on “Fear

    • “Sublime to the ridiculous” is a rare event in every day life, fortunately.
      Not unusual in nature.
      But never-the-less we all must cope with the fact that we have such little control over our lives and events…

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