If I Weren'T Afraid
If I weren't afraid,
full of apprehension and fear;
and I did not always feel so betrayed,
while trying to make fear disappear.
Oh, I am undaunted in my search for calm and cool,
and not the nerd girl and outcast I was in school;
and I can even act a fool,
remove my masquerade.
Yes, I can make you laugh,
not by jokes but by the things I say;
just ask the nursing home patients and staff,
I often entered a room doing ballet.
No, not by jokes but by the pain I often undid,
by the compassion that I never keep hid;
by courage I muster amid,
even when I am afraid.
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September 14, 2019
Poetry/Rhyme/If I Weren't Afraid
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Copyright © Constance La France | Year Posted 2019
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