My rebuttal to "there is nothing to fear but fear itself"


Nothing to fear but
a broken heart
which can kill you
Nothing to fear but
watching people you love suffer
nothing to fear but being cold, or hungry
or hot and thirsty
or alone and forgotten
yelled at
pushed away.
Nothing to fear but the fact that our rivers and lakes are poisoned
that it is illegal to grow food if you don't own land
Nothing to fear but
holes in flesh and knowing that there are people so broken that they will try to tear you open also.
Nothing to fear but others in fear and the gun in their hand or the paper on their desk
The power they have over our bodies.
becasue it is illegal to pee if you don't have a bathroom
or money
it is illegal to sleep if you do not have a bed to call your own.
Nothing to fear but the weakness
in ourselves and all our fears
given to us as gifts to keep our cells alive and our seeds blowing forward.