I've spent my life so afraid

Waiting for the storm to fade

Scared of others and even more of me

Of having and not having a destiny

Terrified of what is coming and what is here

Until I became crippled by fear

So long unable to realize

That there will always be stormy skies

And life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass and hoping to avoid the pain

But about delighting in the thunder and learning to dance in the rain