Fear

I fear failure
I fear success too
One breaks you
The other blinds you

I fear speaking
I fear silence too
One invites criticism
The other dismisses you

I fear working
I fear idleness too
One grills you
The other devours you

I fear loving
I fear not being loved too
One takes your all
The other alienates you

I fear life
I fear death too
One reveals you
The other conceals you

I fear all but what I fear more
is not to have known
what it feels like :

To rise up after a fall
To stay grounded when fame calls

To speak no matter what they say
To be quiet when words are not to be played

To do a task with all my heart
To not invest time in what's not my art

To just give and not expect in love
To accept fate and not regret being unloved

To discover oneself in one's life
To look at death as the end of all strife

So many fears I am yet to conquer
Though I am glad I enslaved the greatest fear of all:
The fear of not having lived at all!