Once my heart was afraid to dream
I felt my dreams were too extreme.
I never thought I had the nerve,
to take from life what I deserved.
The fear of failure conquered me
it kept me from my destiny.
Opportunities were not mine to take,
my soul was weak, I lost my faith.
The simple things in life I feared
it seemed to me like no one cared.
Insecurity---- my life had dealt
was too afraid of how I felt.
Afraid of life and loves betrayal,
too scared to set my heart assail.
I drifted on a cloud of dust
my heart would not allow me to trust.
I felt unloved and all alone
afraid to delve into the unknown.
And so my life was passing by
drifting right before my eyes.
I sailed upon a wave of delusion,
in search of a perfect conclusion.
One day I sat and thought life over
even wished upon a four leaf clover.
I considered all the consequences
and slowly let down all my defenses.
I looked at fear right in the eye
for either fear or I would die.
I captured fear and dug its grave
for I was no longer its slave.
Acceptance was my one true bliss,
self worth was like a cherished kiss.
My dreams awakened the courage in me
it helped me to sort out my destiny.
Chances in life we must all take
don't let fear stop you for goodness sake.
Author notes
My father always said 'There is nothing to fear but fear itself'.
Written October 20th, 2006
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Thank you Quuen. I really appreciate your kind words of strength and happiness.
Avril
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It makes me happy to know you enjoyed another original Diamond so early in the morning. Thank you for pointing out that error for me, I've taken care of it and watch that traffic now.
Avril
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Ms Diamond, It is such a joy to wake and read an original Diamond first thing in the morning. It is something to guide my fragile self through traffic, across bridges and most importantly onto encounters with seas of strangers without any need for concern. Not all are as they first appear, one will glimmer extra tingles of light. A guiding beacon glowing brighter, the Diamond of the crowd waiting to pop up, and show me how, where, why… ---- Thank you.
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You are a strong woman, you deserve every happiness life has to offer. Step right up and take what you deserve I wish you every happiness life has to offer.
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Encouraging
In the end that's what its all about,
trusting in yourself and not allowing fear
and past failures to keep you from you dreams.
This was a well thoughtout message of faith,courage
and determination. The heart is a very fragile organ
that must be nurtured with love and care. That's why
its so important that we love ourselves first.
Good work here. My only critic would be to add more
punctuation where they are needed.
Edited on Oct 21, 1:37 p.m. because ''.
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