Monday, July 2, 2012

Fear

No one's reading this thing. That's all well and dandy.

Fear.  What is fear? Fear is the shaking and quacking of the body.  Fear is crawling into a corner, crouching with you head down and your eyes up, peering in all directions-darting pupils dilating.  Fear is your gut vibrating as you lay on your bed with your knees tucked under your arms. Fear is tears beading.  Fear is the force that keeps you from harm. It is also the force that keeps you from risk. Fear is the inner force, the instinct guides and keeps you away from faces, places, and situations that might hurt you.  Fear is a force that protects and thwarts you.

I want to get my thoughts out.  I want others to read them, to listen with kind hearts, and to empathize.

Long ago, eons in time, some small being crawled past a larger being. Let's call the small one Tiny and the larger one Biggie.  Well, as Tiny crawled past he  knew not whether Biggie was friend or foe. I doubt that the idea of friend or foe even crossed Tiny's prehistorical mind.  He was on his way to the local pond to sip the ancient water, to swim in its pristine coolness, and to eat the tender flora along it edges.  Biggie to Tiny was just an animal like him, just bigger.  Size meant little to Tiny for nearly everything in this world towered over him. In his small mind, Tiny figured that Biggie was just another on of the things that towered over him. So, he  just crawled on thinking about the coolness of the pond and the sweet taste of the flora that awaited him.

Are you reading this?

A rumble vibrated along the ground and up Tiny's legs....