By cjking
Submitted by hairdiva
Date: 2007 May 15
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Absence of Fear

Standing in the place I've been
The respite I've made my home
The air is what I've made it here
With no time or place or hint of fear.

It is a life without blood
A decision I've made and followed thus far
Fear not, no fear, it's cold out there
So I'll stay in here, where life is fair.

But don't hold me to it
Because I am a rule-breaker, a rebel
Through and through
Something I have worked for, a see-through glean

Of something else, of something seen
In less-than-adult moments I've had
Don't hold me to it, unless I say
I promise you, and then I'll stay.

But I don't make promises easy, either.
Or often.  Or lightly.
They are for keeps, you know.
Promises are fearless leaps.

Of something I have less and less of these days.
These days of my rebellious ways.
So ask me no promises, and let me live here
Right here, in the absence of fear.