We learn to swim out of fear of drowning.
We learn to run out of fear of being caught.
We cry out of fear of our pain being ignored.
We laugh out of fear of being weak.
Democracy is formed on the fear of dictatorships.
Communism is formed on the fear of inequality.
Money is formed on the fear of not having.
Power is formed on the fear of others wanting.
War because we fear oppression.
Peace because we fear suppression.
Life because we fear death.
Death because we fear life.
© James L. Bates