The Pigeon Neck

lavietabou:

MY NAME IS FEAR | i’m a thief. i steal life, i steal confidence., i steal peace. my name is fear and i hate light, i love the dark. you want to know a secret? but it’s not really a secret at all. i may feel powerful, but i’m very weak. i don’t exist if you don’t let me, i won’t survive if you do not feed me. i won’t live if you kill me. but you don’t. my name is fear and i keep kings from becoming kings. my name is fear and i keep willing hearts from doing much of anything. i’ve held back helping hands, i’ve set armies marching through lands. i force you to seat down and not take a righteous stand. that’s what i do. my name is fear. you used to know as the monster in your closet, now you know me as the monster in your everyday. you have me on you, you let me control you, you let me slow you to a ridiculously pouring pace. my name is fear and you all too well know my face.  my name is fear; i need no introduction wherever i go. they know my name is fear. i am welcome here because you say it so. my name is fear. you have invited me. i know that’s true, because otherwise i would be here with you. but you see, i can’t stay if you don’t let me, i can’t win if you best me, i can be broken if you just break me. but you don’t. my name is fear until you say it isn’t, but you won’t. 

powerful.

What is fear?