Sometimes,
it clutches at my heart
icy fingers squeezing
so hard I cannot breathe.
Sometimes,
it whispers in my ear
quiet murmurs disquiet
as I go about life's tasks.
Sometimes,
I am ambushed
sucker-punched
when I have let down my guard.
Like all intimate relationships
ours ebbs and flows in its intensity
but we never part for long.
I live with fear
but not in fear.
And I will never let fear rule my life.
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