Fears in Her Mind

After some time of perilous thought

She ventured into the unknown no more prepared

No more knowing

And no more brave than she was before

Once upon a time she felt the same

And though they said that time would give her courage

She did not find her strength

The storm was still a storm

The wild was still unwelcoming

And the same heart beat inside her chest

So that when she set her feet upon the wet earth

The soaking feeling

Turned into a sinking feeling

Where her heart beat just a little faster

Where she moved just a little slower

The sounds of nothing making her shaking self

A mysterious dilemma plagued her soul

Though she was afraid

And in truth felt no new bravery in her bones

She continued forth in the cool of the morning dew

Quaking in her feet

As the soggy moist earth squished between her big and other toes

As she ventured into the great unknown

Perhaps she had gone this far before

Perhaps she was never really afraid

And perchance this was true

she did not believe it now

So when she collected her milk and cookies from the store

She turned right around and ran with a bag in hand

Threw open her doors

Sat upon her love seat

Where she chewed upon her treats

and rotted her brain with police procedural 

And forgot to put away her drink

So that it was rotted by the next morn.