GirlbehindtheCounter

I’m Scared

I’m Scared of Heights

so I walk where there are no railings

I’m Scared of Spiders

so I let them walk across my mouth

I’m Scared of Drowning

so I’ve drowned, when it would’ve been easier to swim

I’m Scared of my Father

so I defy him

and in each of these things I lose my fear,

by repition

by prusing rather then being prusued

and what should be a sweet nature

is made sour by vanity

but it is the simplest thing that Scares me most

the simplest thing that will not be denied

or captured

and in this my Vanity is made shy

embarrassed at failing to make the simplest act true

but in this I am not powerless

for simplest thing is easy enough to leave