Fear Of The First Step

What do we do to overcome fear?

The biggest fear is fear itself
Being afraid to take that first step
Or being frightened of staying in the same place...

It's like taking a dive into a pool off a diving board
Standing up there...
Frozen...
Paralyzed...
At the same time wanting time to stagnate
So that the both of you can take the plunge together
When you're ready.
But time carries on
And it's all up to you...

It's only that initial move -
Once you've flung yourself out
It simplifies instantly
And even more so when you meet the water
'Cause you've relinquished control
And follow the flow
And manipulate your movements and actions according to the breeze and the waves...

So why is it so hard to start?
Why cant we give up control when taking that first step too?

Untense

Untense
Spark
Flow like the meter winds
Drift along like the log in the stream
Sing
Whisper
Touch
Untense.

Let your flame burn
Let it scatter
Spark
Unchecked
Untamed.
Peek through that fringe once in a while
Smile at the sky
Feel the shine
Let loose the sparkle
Drink in the mercy beyond the guilt
Soften the sands of dreams that float in the vicinity
Stumble
Fall
Allow
Untense.

Let go
Swim in the ozone
Breathe in through the leaves
Undrown those aspirations
Fulfill your Destiny
The Destiny of your choice
Speak out
Unfurl
Untense.

Reach out
Front and apart
Spark out
As does a firecracker
Birthing out into the night sky.
Abandon those cages
Where you stored your feelings
Your dreams
Your love
Love for that someone
Beyond reason -
Tell him
Release
Unclench
Untense.

Unerase the mistakes
Unfault
It's ok.
Believe in the expanse
Beyond religion
Beyond meditation
Set free your heart
Let it beat
Dont flee
Unshiver
Unfear
Untense.

Scream out
Bleat
Express
Delete
Swing the axe
Deplete
Unsave
Drain
Untense.

Unkeep the dark
Syncopate
Flash the rhythm
Center the tune
Touch
Sense
Realize
Uncomplicate
Untense.

Deliver the burn
Let the comfort scorch
Dribble the passion
Untear the life.
Single out
Unfold
Brighten
Untense.

Derive
Deliver
Blossom into the air
As bubbles do when they open
Unhold withhold
Blend
Grasp
Clutch on
Untense.

Remember the moment
Caring unhatched
Served unbroken
Unaltered.

Immerse within
Relive
Release
Rebreathe
Derail the pain
Break the swelling
Reveal the white recovery
Healing the punctuated wound
Unfence
Untense.

Filter
Unsmoke
Sensitize
Unbreach
Restore
After the destruction
Crush the violence
Love Bereft
Intense
Untense.

Uncry
Rejoin
Believe
Love
Spark
Unite
Untense.