Afraid of what not..

We are so very afraid

Afraid of the known

Afraid of the unknown

Afraid of being rejected

Afraid of not meeting the expectations

Afraid of giving it a try

Afraid of keeping it in the heart

Afraid of letting go

Afraid of letting in

Afraid of the stormy night

Afraid of the peaceful dream

Afraid of the closeness

Afraid of the distances

Afraid of being in a limelight

Afraid of being ignored

Afraid of reaching greater heights

Afraid of not giving it a try

Afraid of daily routine

Afraid of the buried past

Afraid of the uncertain future

Afraid of the being a burden

Afraid of speaking up

Afraid of showing true emotions

Afraid of hiding true emotions

Afraid of what to do

Afraid of what not to do

Afraid of anything

Afraid of everything

Afraid of the never ending list

Afraid of life crawling away

Afraid of the people walking away

Afraid of things falling apart

Afraid of the choosing sides

Afraid of not following your heart

Afraid of following your heart & getting nowhere

Afraid of the known

Afraid of the unknown

Afraid of being afraid

Afraid of being unafraid

The more afraid you are

The more courageous you will be

Provided you want to stop being afraid

And become unafraid and free.

Stormy night!!

When things aren’t going my way,

when the wind is blowing against me,

when I need a solution, I encounter more problems,

when the pressure keeps on building,

when I feel suffocated, nauseated, locked inside a cage,

when my shouts & yells aren’t heard by any,

when I pinch myself, hoping that it’s a nightmare,

when I have to go through the stormy night,

when I can’t take anybody’s help,

because the people who used to help me,

are themselves the creators of this stormy night.

I can’t sleep, even if I want to,

time is getting stretched with my thoughts,

sweat is on my brow, just a hint of it,

my brain is working at a crawling speed, if not standstill,

I have to find a solution soon,

and bring an end to this stormy night.

Outside, it’s all cool breeze,

crickets chirping, dead silence of a calm night,

Inside, it is a battle, storm, chaos, helter skelter,

and I don’t know how to tame this storm,

I just want this night to end,

end it soon enough without any more problems,

and, come tomorrow morning I will be a hero,

an amateur, who stood his ground, to prove his worth,

a sailor, who had a troubling yet successful voyage,

a fighter, who despite the odds, won.