Fear

It owns you and you don't know
Unnoticed most often, but strong as ever
And it has you by the ankles
And it tells you when to talk

It reprimands you and rewards you
It motivates you and cripples you in the same moment

Your language and your thoughts are tempered in it
The worst part is you believe it

It has been with you for so long that you have welcomed it
"What can I do for you today?"
"What lifelong dreams shall we abandon today?"
"What unreaslistic scenarios shall we concern ourselves with?"

It is ready to be placed in a duffle bag with anxiety and negativity and drowned in the pacific

Fearless