I was scared once

I let fear take the reins

I thought it would make

The best decisions for me

I thought that

Fear would protect me

From being hurt

Because it knew what I wanted

And what I didn’t want

I thought that it would help me

Make the right decisions

To keep the ones close to me

Forever by my side

But I was wrong

It made me lose sight of what I had

And what I could have had

After having been in its “Protection”

For so long

I forgot how it felt to be hurt

And that a little hurt is everyone’s share

But I couldn’t handle the pain

Because I had been, for too long now,

In the warm blue hands of fear

I know now, and I will never forget

I can’t give in to fear anymore

It will never hold the reins

Of my life agian

And I also know

I will still be scared time and again

But this time

I will welcome it like a long lost friend

And show it instead

How wonderful it is

To fall down once

And come back stronger than ever