Urdu Poetry Forum

**Pathar Dil** · #1 07-23-2007, 07:33 AM

I FEARED

by Margie

I feared being alone
until I learned to like myself.

I feared failure
until I realized that I only
fail when I don't try.

I feared success
until I realized that I had to
try in order to be happy with myself.

I feared peoples opinions
until I learned that people would have
opinions about me anyway.

I feared rejection
until I learned to have
faith in myself.

I feared pain
until I learned that
it's necessary for growth.

I feared the truth
until I saw the ugliness in lies.

I feared life,
until I experienced its beauty.

I feared death
until I realized that it's not an end
but a beginning.

I feared my destiny
until I realized that I had
the power to change my life.

I feared hate
until I realized it was nothing more
than ignorance.

I feared love
until it touched my heart
making the darkness fade into
endless sunny days.

I feared ridicule
until I learned to laugh at myself.

I feared growing old
until I realized that I gained
Wisdom everyday.

I feared the future
until I realized that life just kept
getting better everyday.

I feared the past
until I realized that
it could no longer hurt me.

I feared the darkness
until I saw the beauty of the starlight.

I feared the light
until I learned that the truth
would give me strength.

I feared change
until I saw that even the most
beautiful butterfly had to undergo a
metamorphosis before it could fly.