I am afraid

• Michelle Crilly, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2005

I’m afraid to live yet not to die
I’m afraid to laugh yet not to cry
I’m afraid to be happy yet not to be sad
I’m afraid to be sain yet not to be mad
I’m afraid to be loud yet not to be silent
I’m afraid to be nice yet not to be violent
I’m afraid of white yet not of black
I’m afraid of gain yet not of lack
I’m afraid of same yet not of change
I’m afraid to be ordinary yet not to be strange
I’m afraid to be early yet not to be late
I’m afraid of love yet not of hate