Fear False Expectations Appearing Real

The whole world is in panic The whole world is in fear! They don’t know what the truth is But they are zapped with what they hear A virus has attacked us! It is going to wipe out the world! It is going to kill us all… Through the media, we are told Is it a danger, is it real? Or is this just a myth? As long as we live in fear We will never realize the truth Of course, it has killed thousands And it’s mainly the old The young will mostly get away, With a fever, cough and cold The Coronavirus is a champion It seems to have a tactic Though many it appears to infect But for some, it is asymptomatic Therefore, we don’t know the numbers Who are actually killed by the virus There are many with heart and lung disease Are they dying because of this? The whole world is in panic They think of COVID they will die They have locked themselves in their houses Unable to enjoy the sky Of course, we must take precautions And stay away from one with a cough But to shut down the entire world That is way off! Fear is the cause of this panic It is making a mountain of a molehill Far more than the Coronavirus It is Fear that will kill F E A R is False Expectations Appearing Real The mind creates this thought But once paralyzed by this panic In anxiety we are caught Why are we scared, why do we fear? Why are humans given this gift? God gave us this instinct for a reason From real dangers, so we can drift There are many types of fears Some even fear a loud sound Some fear to go up in the sky Some fear a lizard on the ground! Fear often grows into a phobia An irrational fear of something Dentophobia is a fear of the dentist And claustrophobia, a crowd of anything Some have zoophobia – fear of animals, Some arachnophobia – fear of spiders With aerophobia, there is fear of flying And cyberphobia - fear of computers Finally, the question that matters most Is fear actually real? Fear is not a danger, fear doesn’t kill It’s just an Expectation that Appears Real But when fear attacks us And fills our body and mind The rascal makes us suffer And makes our life a grind Fear is not a danger There is a difference in these two A danger can attack us But fear just makes us feel blue