Fear

You don’t live in fear.

When our friend said that to us,
I was taken aback.

It’s true.

But life has just been gentle so far.

If life is sweet as a
Jar of jelly,
What would I fear?

That hardly seems like a
Triumph of faith.

I expect Job wasn’t afraid
Before the Sabeans, Chaldeans,
Fire of God and wind from wilderness
Arrived.

But after God restored to Job
What had been taken,
I wonder if he had a little less trust
In the rightness of the universe.

Can a person go through a trial
And come out
Unafraid?

Or is that why heavenly beings
Repeatedly told terrestrials

Fear not.

Because fear is, sometimes,
A reasonable and good response.

Just not the right one.