Holding us back from life

Is fear.

Creeping round our necks.

Strangling our hearts.

Staining our minds with unbridled, irrational angst.

Over something we can’t control.

Such as the existence of rats and such.

Fear is debilitating.

Crippling.

Immobilising.

Frozen in avoidance of that which we fear.

Live it anyway in spite of the fear.

Scared we aren’t good enough.

Strong enough.

Bright enough.

Somebody else enough to drown ourselves out.