If, For the Fearful
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If I just weren’t afraid to do
all the things I wish were true.
I’d do the things all by myself
I fear I need somebody else.
Like drive away to Niagara Falls
which to my inner spirit calls
or drive away to anywhere
instead of taking train or air.
If I just weren’t afraid to say
things to shape the kind of day
with the words that often haunt
my mind because I want, I want
to ask for love I may not get
and have a hurt of deep regret.
If I just weren’t afraid to go
where I need and feel I know
a real romance could probably be
waiting in the wings for me.
Because I need the inner guts
for the ifs, ands, no’s or buts.
Yet, I am not afraid to write
of all the things I dream I might.
9/16/19
IF I WEREN'T AFRAID Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Line Gauthier
Copyright © Janis Thompson | Year Posted 2019
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