Fear from your cocoon

You're afraid of everything
Cocooned in fear you hide
You hide from ever hurting
In your home-made cave
You hide from loving
You hide from hate
and settle for never knowing

You're so frightened by risk
The risk of falling
As you fly to bliss
and so you close yourself
in
and settle for never knowing

You're afraid of ever dreaming,
ever running after
what you believe in
so you engulf yourself in fear
and settle for never knowing

You're scared of falling in love
in case the plummet leaves you
sore
in case there's no one to cushion
your fall
and so you settle for never knowing

You're afraid of promises,
mistakes and taking
chances
You're terrified of
wishing, of risking
and so you hide away
and settle for never knowing

You're horrified of letting
people in
frightened that they might
see your soul
and tear apart your heart
so you settle for never knowing
never knowing what that's
like

You're convinced that
you are safest in your
fake cocoon
but even the stubbornest
of spring flowers
shall one day bloom
and seeping out is
a butterfly
leaving her cocoon
know what life is,
never settle, never assume.