It Is The Fear Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

People are afraid
Of their own failures
Other people's betrayal
Their own weaknesses
Other people's strengths
Their own sins
Other people's beliefs
Their own death
Other people's fearlessness

It's the fear
That consumes your heart
That takes away your light
Extinguishing your fire
It's the fear
That drives selfishness
That fuels individualism
Cultivating a culture of corruption
And greed

It's the fear
That hides the beautiful soul
Deep within us
It's the fear
That wraps around our minds
Suffocating our dreams
Submerging us
In jealous and hate
Violence and hopelessness
It's the fear
We should not be afraid of
We should be free from
To embrace the fragility of everything
To embrace the beauty of everything
The joy of being here and now
The joy of being you