Of fear

I have learned that even a very wise person can be fearful when faced with uncertainities and difficulties.

One may look calm and peaceful on the outside but fear inside, like how calm swans keep themselves afloat gracefully but if you look closer, they paddle frantically beneath. 

'Isn’t it odd. It can only see our outsides, but nearly everything happens on the inside.'-the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse.

It is the inside that should be well taken care of. 

But it is the inside that we avoid showing the world. It is the inside the world refuse to see. 

Is a pat to the inner you suffice? 

Probably a hug or more. 

I guess. 

Or just hanging around, being there. 

I choose to be quiet. 

Probably saying 'do not fear' is not the most helpful way. 

Probably a hug or more will affirm one further. 

I ponder. 

Maybe just hanging around, being there. 

Just be there. 

We are truly dependent on one another. 

Sometimes we cross paths, sometimes we drift apart. 

But in all those days we are together, being there is the best ever gift. 

Everyone is a bit scared, but we are less scared together.