A Nameless Dread of Being Dead

Are there any nameless fears

accompanied by our tears?

There are fears of loneliness;

a loss of self-consciousness.

Being afraid of our fear

when it isn’t really here

is a fear without a name.

It is frightful just the same.

One thing to be afraid of

is diminishment of love.

It is silly, i am told

having fear of getting old

All our fears may disappear

without names; or so i hear.

Walt Abbott 4-19-2011