Fear

I can see myself taking some chances
Even now, even after all these years
Trusting those people with bad intentions
Putting to one side those insistent fears
Secured by costly mistakes I have made
Fears not to fear but to heed and obey
Fears that are guardians of my very soul
Fears that would prevent my going astray
Fears that could show me an easier way

I fail to listen—I jump off the cliff
Into an unknown that seems sweet and kind
A place that hides its menace in a cloud
Where false smiles are among the things I find
I ask myself why I still have not learned
To see what lurks behind the friendly word
I have no idea why I took such risks
I must have sensed freedom in all I heard
Because I was certain I could fly like a bird