The Purpose of Fear
fear, pervasive fear
great weaver of our woes
you stop the heart
blacken the treads
and clench us amidst your throes
you hold us back
but we need you
you tell us we can’t
when we must
because it’s precisely by disobeying you
that in ourselves we learn to trust
fear, pervasive fear
sapper of strength and fight
if our resolve could be any stronger
it’s because you’ve created our plight
for fear is the path of the warrior
of the timid and arrogant, too
fear shapes the destinies of all of us
our lessons not away, but through
