A Name

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"Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself."

But what if my fear has no name?

What if the beast remains nameless?

I can't possibly fear something
That has never been named.

If it remains nameless,
I can ignore it.

If it has no name,
I can pretend it doesn't exist.

Yet I still fear it.

Nameless,
Yet it could be named.

Invisible,
Yet I see it every day.

Non-existent,
Yet it exists within me.

I digress, rephrasing the wise quote
From the brightest witch of her age.

"Fear of a name or nameless possibility only increases fear of the thing itself."



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Not gonna lie, it's starting to seem like this will be a daily thing.

7/22/2017

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