Fear Cripples Us

I needed to answer a question
Stay or will you go?
I had lived so long in no man’s land
Why I didn’t know

Until the big wigs came to call
And put me on the spot
I went away to consider things
What will be my lot?

There was no thinking still to do
How long do you think it takes?
I ‘d been avoiding answering
In case I lost the stake

Fearful of losing what I loved
I avoided a decision
In between and in between
Continuing frustration

When I returned a sudden grace
Revealed the bright tomorrow
This game was over long ago
Time to end this sorrow

Time to think is very good
But time to answer vital
It was fear of losing what I loved
That had caused that long recital

Brian Fahy
24 June 2021