When I was a child
I used to fear
Spiders and ghosts
Lizards and dark.
Bizarre of me to believe
Of them as fears!
The real terrors
Came to my notice
When I grew up.
Being adult now
I know
The bigger fears
Fear of disappointments
Fear of abandonment
Fear of unknown and uncertainties.
I feel safe in dark now
And laugh at ghost jokes
But the vaster fear
Still live
In my heart.
Because
You can fight the fears you know
But how will you defend
The dangers of the unknown?
Unlike childhood,
When we ran to mama's comfort
For assurance
Now we will lie still
In dark
Waiting for the fear to pass.