Fear decided to followed me home yesterday,
And he gloomily lurked at my back step.
He sat there with his back against the door and his arms crossed,
Chin held high and grinning smugly.
I tremblingly turned the knob, but the door didn’t dare to budge.
So I backed away from the door of my own mental prison,
I pressed my back to the wall and slid to the cold floor.
There I curled myself into a ball of self-inflicted pain,
And I lay there completely immobile in my mind and in my bones.
Courage decided to come and find me today,
And he resumed his rightful position at my door along with his friend, Bravery.
He heroically drove out my fear,
And let him off with a fair warning.
Now each time I reach for that same knob,
He opens it for me with comforting arms,
And I am no longer afraid.