Fearing You

Lorna Dwyer May 2007

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Fear of the unknown

Fear of darkness

Fear of relationships

Fear of kindness

Fear of you.

There are many things

I fear here, in this place.

They all lead to one thing,

The fear of pain

These fears.

All unreasonable to many

Stupid fears really.

That is what fear is,

Unreasonable, stupid.

Fearing you is stupid

I should hate you,

I should want to kill you

Others do, people

Who have never met you.

I think of you, and cry.

I fear you

I fear pain

I fear being found out

That I fear you,

When hating you

Will save me.