Melody Sokolow Poet Ballad

A New Way

I make a decision
and Here it Comes....
Fear.

I decide upon a course of action
and Sure Enough
it stops me 
dead in my tracks.

At night
while reading,
I think “oh yes, a great idea”
and upon waking,
a tug and its over

I do believe
Fear is the greatest
prevention of successful plans
the cog in the wheel

Ideas can’t take flight
if it is present
New things can’t be birthed
The world must go ‘round

unless.....
Fear is just “faced.”
it is.  it’s there.  it shall be.  Always.
and alongside the plans, it sits.
whilst they’re all happening

New ideas explode
Energy is expended
Babies born
Love has a chance

I thought of it that way this morning
It is not an enemy
but just a companion
of a different kind
doing its job

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