Are You Afraid

There is fear

Can you tell

Can you smell it

Can you breathe in the dusty sparks of the smoke in the air

Taste the copper on your tongue

And the way the wind tugs your hair saying

"Come! Come! We must go! We must away!"

You have not listened to the wind

You think that you are brave

For not listening to your fear

You have walked into a trap

And you know it deep inside

You have a mirror

And you sit by it like the Lady of Shallot

And you look at the world in reverse

And you look at the nights passing by

There is fear

You can see it

Almost present

Almost forming shape and taking body

Right in front of your eyes

There is fear

Do you fear it

Should you fear it

Fear the thing that makes your dream into the lie