Poetry

Fear Meet Courage

By: Aneva Walker

I have seen your face within my dreams 

You horrify, send me hiding beneath my linen sheets 

But I am weary with fear 

Tired of being bound by the chains it produces 

I look to the heavens to release me-bondage 

Fear 

You speak lies, so poetically 

You entice my ear to listen 

Listen. Hearing nothing but the fast pace beating of my heart 

I am trapped by fear 

 It corners me in quiet places 

Filling my mind with a symphony of self-hatred 

I wish I could be courageous 

Courage! 

I grasp for it with sweaty hands 

Take hold of my quivering heart and give me peace 

Yet fear tells me what I seek is simply a dream 

I look at the warriors before me 

Straight backs and scars 

I am nothing but a babe, reaching for a high bar 

Fear 

You have said your piece 

I listened and wept 

But no longer! 

I am stepping into the shoes of grace 

And although my heart may race 

I know that courage is not the absence of fear 

It is the decision 

To jump anyway