When you’re afraid…

When you’re afraid, close your eyes

Whether a fig of imagination,

Or a phobia deep-seated

Take a fathomless breath and count to three

Alone or not, let your mind become wary

Soak in your surroundings,

Permitting entities that are only warm

Quell invitations of beasts rising from the depths

When you’re afraid

Channel your fears into calculated rage,

Selecting your weapon of choice shrewdly.