Fear of Falling / Coming Together

 

Artwork – Fear of Falling by Jaimie Cahlil

Fear of Falling / Coming Together

Living is that far away mountain

that we are forever in fear of climbing

It is the fear of falling that keeps us from trying

To succeed we must continue to look up

In childhood we play in the valleys

safe from the high winds

and the storms on the summit

Protected from the reality

that someday we must pick up

and go to that mountain

and start the climb up

Many of us never make that climb

Some - climb more than one

Yet there is always that far away mountain

and always that fear of falling

Before we were borne into this life

we were safely entombed,

sustained in a sea of life

in our Mother's womb

Protected, provided for,

never alone,

we were One with her

When we were born - we fell

fell from our sanctuary of life

fell into this vast cold world

We were born with the fear of falling

and separation and aloneness

Fear of falling - fear of changes

Are these not the causes

for our lack of living

We need to re-entomb ourselves

in a sanctuary, Alone

where we can look at the mountain

and not fear the unknown

Success at living

is not measured by what we have

or what we've done

It is measured

by how we've overcome

our fear of falling

Charlie Riverman Bergeron 1992-1995         

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