Fear

Sometimes no other

words are needed.

No scuba diving

into the unconscious,

no scrambling after

rationalisations, metaphors,

symbols. And sometimes

no challenge is necessary –

no contrived interlocutors,

no make-believe bullies

to pin down onto the mat.

Everything is – 

it’s not going away.

And fear’s at the feast.

And that’s OK.

Joshua Seigal