EMPTINESS
Afraid to
answer,
Afraid to
question.
Afraid to
laugh
Afraid to
cry.
Afraid to
be alone,
Afraid to
be among.
Afraid to
live,
Afraid to
die.
Afraid to
be silent,
Afraid to
speak out.
Afraid to
burp,
Afraid to
wait.
Afraid to
let go,
Afraid to
reach out.
Afraid to
love,
Afraid to
hate.
Afraid of
all that ever was,
Afraid of
that which will never be.
Afraid to
become,
Afraid just
to be.
Afraid to
be afraid.
My god, my
god,
You poor,
dead thing.
(Beth Good--early 1970s)
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