Fear

The fear that lingers inside is so apparent.
What to say?
What to do?

The moral dilemma
of what is right and wrong
is once again apparent.

Whatever is right,
is also wrong.
and what is wrong is also right.

Finally you open up,
and the fear of what is to come
hangs in the air.

At the whim
of someone who you care for,
you are totally at their will.

The answer is what you expected,
but at the same time
the opposite of what you hoped for.

It's a relief that
the truth is out,
and that someday
the truth may shine high.

Some ask why
everything is this way.
Are we supposed to know?
Do we want to know?

We all know the answers.

But are we willing to
admit them,
accept them,
live on with them?

- Dan MacMartin (01-27-99)

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