Fierce

photo credit: Lorie Shaull Zug Zug, a caveman frozen in “ice” at Theodore Wirth Regional Park in Golden Valley, Minnesota via photopin (license)

The fear could take hold
Dragging me back,
Pulling me under.
Smothering me in its embrace,
Cocooned within its icy halls.
There is no end to the labyrinth:
I will be lost if I let
The fear take control.

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