Lifeline Poetry Challenge | 2022

Fearless

with pluck and preparation

challenge the path of fear (author photo)

“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.” Sun Tzu

I meet fear with pluck and preparation
not reckless abandon.
I have been afraid, enough, to hear my pulse full and resounding in my ears,
my heart hammering to break through a bulletproof vest…