Fear

Fear


It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.

She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.

And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.

But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.

Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.

The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that’s where the river will know
it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.

Khalil Gibran

Ol' Squinty knows what "fear" is, his "pals" in the Democrat party use it all the time to manipulate the voters!

RV wrote:Ol' Squinty knows what "fear" is, his "pals" in the Democrat party use it all the time to manipulate the voters!

I have never voted for the left in my life. I am not tied to any particular party and vote on current relevant policies and past performance.
Your blinkered attitude against anyone who makes a comments against trump of for any other party is boorish and immature.
Is the aggressive abuse mindset I see here normal in america?
Due the the us having one of the worlds worst homicide rates, I must assume so

Sprintcyclist wrote:

RV wrote:Ol' Squinty knows what "fear" is, his "pals" in the Democrat party use it all the time to manipulate the voters!

I have never voted for the left in my life. I am not tied to any particular party and vote on current relevant policies and past performance.
Your blinkered attitude against anyone who makes a comments against trump of for any other party is boorish and immature.
Is the aggressive abuse mindset I see here normal in america?
Due the the us having one of the worlds worst homicide rates, I must assume so

Guess it wouldn't do for you to come to the U.S. since it is so "dangerous"...

If you come to the United States anyway, I would suggest you go to New York, Chicago, California or some other blue city that is "safer"...

RV wrote:Ol' Squinty knows what "fear" is, his "pals" in the Democrat party use it all the time to manipulate the voters!

Spoken for truth !

Sprintcyclist wrote:                      Fear


It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.

She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.

And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.

But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.

Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.

The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that’s where the river will know
it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.

Khalil Gibran

I like that poem and what Khalil is expressing.

Sprintcyclist wrote:                      Fear


It is said that before entering the sea
a river trembles with fear.

She looks back at the path she has traveled,
from the peaks of the mountains,
the long winding road crossing forests and villages.

And in front of her,
she sees an ocean so vast,
that to enter
there seems nothing more than to disappear forever.

But there is no other way.
The river can not go back.

Nobody can go back.
To go back is impossible in existence.

The river needs to take the risk
of entering the ocean
because only then will fear disappear,
because that’s where the river will know
it’s not about disappearing into the ocean,
but of becoming the ocean.

Khalil Gibran

Nice poem.