On joining in the fear

His 8 year old self said I’m scared

And I wanted to tell him every reason not to be

The obvious reasons stormed into my head

I felt the words start to come out my mouth

Instead I choked them back

I held them in

Instead

I heard him

I remembered the last time I tried something new

When I went somewhere for the first time

When I tried to learn a foreign skill

And I joined him in the fear

I started there first

Yeah, I know bud

I get scared too