Something so innocent
A source of squealing delight
Giddy, skidding children
Fearless, wintertime fun

Naked eyes cannot

between me and the crowded room
is a path paved with fear.
My foot sinks in soft concrete as I make my way
towards that ball

Agoraphobia

I have never been outside,
Too much space and far too wide,
The scale of things hurts my eyes,
Only my home

Beyond Reason

Walk to the gate

Look up the street

To stroll there

Would be an enormous fete.

Someone may stop me

Hoping for

I fear my love the day I shall die, I don't want ever to see you cry, I fear a lot of things in deed I do but my greatest