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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


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Alexis Y.

Date: 9/15/2019 4:47:00 AM

Hi BW, (I hope it's ok I still call by the name I knew as when I first joined. If not let me know). I liked you take on the contest theme. I can relate and find myself in the majority of your lines. I've always been seen as a nerd / misfit ( even until this day). But I'm much older now and it doesn't bother me too much what others think. Being afraid/ fear is a nothing thing. I wish you the best of luck in the contest. Have a great weekend:-) Alexis

Constance La France
Date: 9/15/2019 8:35:00 AM

Alexis, thank you for the visit and the great comment, I am still a nerd, but like you don't care, I still have lots of fears yet accept them as part of who I am, but I am more willing now to take the plunge rather than hide in the background now.