What is Fear?

When you've lived fearing for your life,

What is fear?

When you walk daily in pain,

Why give pain the energy to grow?

Every life is dealt cards to play with for their lifetime,

Every card will serve its purpose in its time.

Every hand of cards is intended for the moment,

And adds depth to upcoming circumstances.

The first lines were inspired while reading Elizabeth I By: Abigail Archer. I was intrigued when the Queen was quoted saying, "What fear was, I never knew." after a battle to protect her from the Spanish. Yes, what is fear when it has been ingrained in your daily life? Pain is another factor that I've learned is only unbearable when you feed it with dread. Despite not favoring fear or pain, they each served interesting lessons that I hold dear.