Fear is a strange thing
It starts abstract
But slowly, it shifts
To material things

When you are young,
Fears are bizarre
Fear of monsters, dark
And mystical beings from afar

As you grow older
And reality sets
The fear morphs
From mystical to material

Fear of legacy
Of money, of love
Fear of belonging,
And words never said

Fear is a powerful feeling
That morphs and shifts with time
Just when you think you have it tamed
It shifts the paradigm