How do your doubt and fear manifest?

Stones
boulders
fences
locked doors
brick walls.

How do your doubt and fear manifest?

Stones
boulders
fences
locked doors
brick walls.

All stopping us from
reaching our intended aim.
All stopping us from
achieving what we want to achieve.

Doubt and fear can be
stones, we can easily step over
boulders, we have to find a way around
or maybe crawl under
fences, seemingly with no end or way through
locked doors, seemingly without a key
brick walls, seemingly impenetrable.

If we look hard enough
there’s always a gap.
On examination they can be penetrated.
Water can always find a way through.

When we know doubt and fear
as mere obstacles in our path
put there by an over-protective mind
too tuned to negativity
to see the harm it does
When we see doubt and fear
as mere obstacles in our path
that we ourselves have placed there
we can smile at them
reduce them to rubble and dust
blown away in the wind.
We can clearly see what lies ahead
with the eyes of curiosity
exploration
clarity.

Don’t be held back by
the imaginary boulders of
doubt and fear
boulders of our own making.

© 23 May 19