Living in fear

So many people living in fear

So many people crying their tears

Wondering if they will last the year

Wondering if they will escape their curse

If dad died at 48: will he live longer?

The worry lines his face: can he really escape?

He ponders!

The stress and strain of worrying

Leaves its marks: no denying it

This fear we live with never seems to fade

We’re living in the shadow of our parent’s lives

Of our ancestors’ deeds: these fears

These things on which stress feeds

Until we look so much alike

Until we imitate their very lives

We take on their traits and faint

We become exactly that which we seek to escape!