Feared Poem by Nicole Faye Evans

Help me to see
what pushes me away
what holds me back
and never makes me feel again
of what may lie
at the end of the road

why must i be cradled with fear?

always seeking out a reason
not to be involved
and not to commit
to something that demands it
everything i've missed
just may not be retraceable
to gaze through one's eye
and into another

my world is an open sea
like a burning dictionary
like an unnamed bottle
full of the nectar of life
harvesting tomorrow
so yesterday may never be forgotten