Fear isn't

Like a pot of boiling water with no flame beneath

Like a hiding child with no ghosts to be seen

Like free-falling within a dream

Fear is only fear

Like a knocking with no one at the door

Like the thought of drowning on a sandy shore

Like loneliness when real love is yours

Fear is only fear

Like a question when an answer is there

Like a soldier of imagined warfare

Like furrowed thoughts perceived as a glare

Fear is only fear

Like shadows seen through the mist

Like rustled leaves in the wind's hiss

Like something that does not exist

Fear is only fear