Living with fear

"Fear is a message. You don't escape fear. You relate to it"- C.Trungpa

I used to sit against the wall of the evening
I carried the shadows on my back,
They were the shape of my fear.
I could see it. I could touch it.
Little by little I learned the tongue of its silence.
You know: fear had so much wisdom in it.

Background: a survivor telling how he survived.