One

When asked as a child if I had any fears I answered no

The dark gave me peace,

Peace in knowing light came before and will always come after

Spiders, Mice and Wasps all deserve to live as much as I

Fear was an abstract concept I had not yet grasped

Bats and Heights, I came to fear

But never so much that I couldn’t appreciate Halloween

Or that the view from the top of the Empire State Building didn’t change me forever

Now I fear what I can’t control

And that’s most terrifying of all