Fear.

Isn't it amazing how one instant in time can stick with you for an eternity? It's beyond fathomable how a simple moment can define our greatest triumphs or our most terrifying fears. Whatever they may define themselves to be, fears are sometimes unseemingly insurmountable and quite understanably real.

Can you take me beyond, can you carry me through? If I open my heart--could I go there with you?

Fears give presence in numerous situations, the most odd of them being a time that isn't even related to the fear itself. Sometimes all it takes is a thought and your memory jogs...

I fear.

- Spiders, scorpions, and all other 'creepy crawlers' that were somehow created with far more legs than any living thing should possess.
- Dark Alleys, lowly-lit gas stations, and hard to see in small spaces. Generally speaking, probably any place a young woman (or any woman for that matter) should not be found in or around alone.
- Left hand turns particularily at uncontrolled intersections. The irrational part of me believes that it is completely reasonable to demand that municipal governments install four-way stops or red lights at these intersections all so that one individual in a million may have peace of mind.
- Being hit with specific respects to no kind of violence or accident--rather intentional "hitting" that results in a change in possession of the ball. Perhaps it's not the hit so much that I fear but rather the result.
- Losing someone I love and value more than my very life itself.