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The Madcap

(111 posts)
Sun Oct 13, 2024, 04:48 PM Sunday

Fear

Untold possibilities
Myriad ways to lose
To fail
To die
Knowledge of loss confounds the senses
Blurs the judgment
Erases the positive
Destroys any hope
When the imagination runs wild
Through the mazes of failure
It finds any pathway to doom
No matter how small

So how can I block off my fear?
How can I look to the truth?
Do I try, do I even know
What the truth can be?

When goals are just fables
And love is just a dream
And hope is just hopeless
My fears have won the game

Strike it from my mind
Erase it from my heart
Turn fears into action
And a way to win.

Live in the now
In the present time
And close the doors in the maze
That are distractions from the goal
The future is uncertain
But every pathway leads
To a different destination
No way to know what’s best
So steel the eyes ahead
And know that fear is worthless
And walk the path one step at a time
In confidence and strength

Without fear.

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Fear (Original Post) The Madcap Sunday OP
Very, very wise. Thank you. LoisB Sunday #1
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