The Things That Scare You

Hiro Boga | August 20th, 2009

Make a great circle
A hundred feet around.

Drop in it all the things
that scare you.

Fly into the air
five hundred feet

a thousand feet.
Higher–ten thousand feet.

Ten thousand feet.

E x p a n d to fill the sky.

Look down at your circle.

How does the center shape
the boundary?

See the things that scare you
held safely

in the circle’s embrace.

See the boundary
become the center.

Goblins and ghosts flow back
in time

become children, toddlers, beloved
babies.

Return, fly home
with the sun in your wings.

…………………………………………………

(Let’s talk: What are you afraid of? How do you meet your fear?)

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4 Responses to “The Things That Scare You”

  1. Heather Plett says:
    August 20, 2009 at 8:44 am

    Lovely post – especially since I chose the word “fearless” as my word for 2009 (and have been tested by that choice ever since).

    I created a little video about the fears I hoped to face… http://fumblingforwords.blogspot.com/2009/01/fearless.html
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  2. Hiro Boga (@) says:
    August 20, 2009 at 11:19 am

    Thanks, Heather. I just watched your wonderful video, which left me so inspired! :-)
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  3. Bridget (@) says:
    August 20, 2009 at 11:41 am

    I love this. I love the idea of flying above our fears and seeing them in perspective.
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  4. Tatty Franey says:
    August 21, 2009 at 10:15 am

    so many things scare me. too many, maybe. i love the idea of putting them safely into a circle and looking at them from far above – how tiny they are from here!

    thanks :)
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