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There is a fluttering in the stomach
A clutching of the chest
Clinching inside the throat
A tightening around the head
Leaden legs are attached to muscles that won’t move
The tongue is stuck to a shrill voice
That is fear
It shifts the eyes to look out to a desert
Reminding the body of the parched land of failure
Fear strokes every cell of your body
She turns you over and hugs you tight
She demands that you look her straight in the eye,
as pulls out a cold wedding band and slips it around your finger
Those vows demands that you wake up to a hollow day,
where you walk with your head bowed and your dreams veiled
Those nuptials, with fear, sit you in a small box in the corner of the room,
where you watch the actions, drama and thrillers of
free children, wild women and dancing men
Braving the jungle will lead to a new frontier
A mountain top only knows those who shiver
The prize is given to the gritty one in the race
Trembling kisses crack the heart wide open
Live and love through a journey with fear
Lift your head, get up, walk across the room, run!
Fear will chase you, grab your sleeve, pull you back
Lock your eyes to the sky, move to a stride, flow to a sprint
Fear limps as you dash and stumbles when you jump
Fear may be your partner but she is not you
So twirl and swirl. Sing and shout. Skip and hop.
Watch her lope and grope. Heave and ho. Rage and scream.
Fear’s tension in your head unwinds on the savannah of knowledge
Her grip of your throat unclenches in your power
Her clutching of your heart lets go into the span of love
Your gut relaxes to the drums of your tribe
Belly dance to the flow in the rhythm
And step out with all that radiates within
into the carnival that fills your streets
by
BT
