I'm afraid

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I'm afraid.

I'm afraid of drifting like a lone feather on cold snow. I have a fear of lacking things that make me special, of dreams that whisper too quietly. I'm afraid of falling out of place like a naked flower in the spring, without the pedals to hide something true, something of me. I'm afraid of falling behind like the duckling a tale thought was ugly. There's this fear of misunderstandings and I'm afraid that if I don't write enough, then I may forget why I'm here. 

I'm afraid...

Plain and simple...

Like everybody else. 

But these fears don't mean anything...

Not when I have nothing to be afraid of...

With no reason. 

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