Fear

Fear is good.
It helps to keep us from death's embrace.
We don't put our hands in fireplace
For the fear of third degree burn.

But ignorance is not.
It makes us blind to sheer cliffs in front.
Deaf to the bomb blasts and gunshot.
Tongueless to deadly amanitas.

Ignorance breeds irrational fears
Makes us scared of things we shouldn't be.
More scared to sharks than sting of bee
More so of ghosts than human beings.

Learn more.
You'll fear more.
But you'll learn to fear correctly
And not based on prejudices and irrationality.
Blindfolding ourselves completely with blackness
To ignore ahead the ravenous tiger huntress
Unblind the mute eyes and rapidly learn
To fear and fight. This is courage earned.

-Wren