I am... (poem)

I am afraid,

afraid to go,

afraid to stay,

afraid to reveal,

afraid to hide.

I am afraid

I am not enough,

that I will fail,

that I will run

and leave the world for dead.

I am afraid

to show who I really am,

what I am really doing,

my flaming ambitions,

to reveal my calling.

I am afraid

of being alone,

of giving myself up

just to escape loneliness,

only to doom myself.

I am afraid

for the world,

that fear and hate will rule,

and the environment will die,

life's blood on our hands...

I am afraid,

but I will have courage,

I will show love,

I will have faith,

and I will have hope.

I am afraid,

but I will fight

against fear and hate,

for the world,

for life itself.

I am afraid,

but I will sacrifice everything,

my dreams and aspirations,

romantic love, my life,

in order to answer my calling.

I am afraid,

but I will not let fear control me.

-Zero