Fear: A Poem

Fear is a good thing.
It shows you care.
If I ever enter another degree program,
I would care far less.

I believe,
There's nothing you should do,
nothing you shouldn't do.
All are only choices.

Even the most whole, loving person
has to have their fears.
Being completely fearless
is probably a mental disorder.

Fear is what makes things fun.
If I wasn't afraid of falling off horses,
or being trampled by hooves,
I wouldn't feel the thrill of riding on one.
Nor would I love it nearly as much.

I once did a ropecourse.
It was a tightrope between two big treetrunks,
20 meters high, 20 meters long.
I did a meter the first time gripping upside down.
3 meters the second on top,
10 meters upside down
and all the way on the fourth time.

I'm happy with my fears,
thank you very much,
just don't beat me over the head about it.