Fear – A Thread You Follow

Last Breath

I said, "So many phobias
have permission now
to be expressed."

She said, "Agreed. Try
holding a conversation
with someone who fears you."

I also agreed, "It is awfully 
hard to talk while being 
condemned for who you are."

She said, "Live and let live
is a dangerous policy without 
any affirmation or acceptance."

I said, "Sometimes opening
our arms wide means an embrace
with death which may be coming."

She said, "Imagine the thoughts
of the loving martyrs before 
they took their last breath."

(I don’t even like figs.)

To sit under my own fig tree
without work
without play
without friends
without family
without strangers
without enemies
without neighbors
and no one shall make
me afraid.