I wish to bring you fear? <br />With a convincing done of it? <br />No! You are the one convinced, <br />That a truth spoken to you... <br />Is to be feared with a quick defense. <br /> <br />And you regard me, <br />As someone who offends... <br />Your pretentiousness to replace? <br />But it has been this pretentiousness, <br />Preventing your happiness you have erased. <br /> <br />What I offer and bring to you, <br />Is the closest you have ever been... <br />To anything you can refer and call an awakening. <br />With a beginning of a reality, <br />You need not fear once your fears are faced.<br /><br />Lawrence S. Pertillar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/once-your-fears-are-faced/