Small

Photo by Linzi Anderson

Fear is afraid of everyone and

everything, including itself,

ever shrinking into a smaller box,

but pretending to loom large,

with ferocious bark

and inflated posturing.

   The small minded and hearted

   seek to divide the world

   into "us" and "them",

   never quite convinced

   that you or I or anyone else

   fully belong to "us";

      ever ready to banish us all

      to permanent Themville.

      But somewhere beneath

      the fearful veneer lies

a lonely, hungry soul,

never willing to admit it,

but desperately longing

to be invited into sacred "we"

and even holy "one".

© 2016 Todd Jenkins