A Dogma
Fear is great heights and great depths
Darkness and Brightness
Fear is something new and something old
It is a sin and yet so natural
A lust for safety
A lust for comfort
Rip off the mask to face it
Fear is hate and fire
More like a flamethrower than the sun
Fear wants a couch and a television
Fear does not want a bed
It contorts like a huge gust the mighty tree
And brings people to their knees
Maybe Igorance is strength and knowledge a weakness
But such a strength flexes to destroy and belittle
If such strength destroys then weakness is good
And weakness could be love and understanding
The hard muscles of fear
Can you overcome such a despot?
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