Fear

 

Fear is the most
reliable unit selling
point of the world,
no matter what.
Coronavirus is just
a recent phenomenon.

Wonder if there was
ever a beginning, guess
it might have started
with nature. It continued
for many years until
we became experts
in nursing fears, to get
our things done, or undone.

Fear of God would
have followed it.
In the world we see
today, fear gallivants in
every sphere of life,
it's the only common virus
found in all confused minds. 
Fear of qualifying in an
examination is no less
a fear than the one 
of holding the rank
of a topper. We have fear
in what we learn, unlearn.

Fear of being jobless
equals the fear of being
laid off. In the backbiting,
cutthroat competition,
backstabbing happens
because of fear! In the
world of business, the
CEO and the janitor
have their own set of
worries, just as leaders, 
workers have, or possess
politicians vying for power,
pelf, and position.

People with excess wealth,
or those without a roof
over their heads, or the ones
without a square meal,
have their own sets of fear,
their share of agonies, and
pains, regardless of how much
they earn or yearn to earn.

Fear of being single
is no less than the fear
of falling in and out
of love, losing one’s
own companion.

I have to be what I
don’t want to be causes
fear in the same way
when I have to do what
I don’t want to do. We have
overhyped the fear of death,
for the fear of living can take
our breaths away. Without
consciousness and effort,
fear spares no one.

When we train ourselves,
we can see it gone from
our system; all rudeness ends,
insecurities perish, wars
disappear, we discover
that the process of
conquering fear is like
working out in a gym,
we could sweat a lot, but
to slog it out is full of fun.
We might go out of breath
at times, but with patience
and constant effort, we'd gain
in strength in the long run.