Paralyzed
Trapped by fear
Worry consumes me

My imagination gone wild
Tipped off the deep end
Creating scenarios
Each one worse than the last

I must get control
But that is the problem
My fears are a symptom
Of my need for control

Control and fear
They feed on each other
And so I resolve
To starve them out

Instead I surrender
Releasing control
Leaning into
Something greater than myself

Fears thrive in darkness
And as I step toward the Light
I feel them slip away
Back into the nothingness from which they came

The Light lifts me up
I reach toward freedom
Breathing a sigh of relief
And feeling renewed