Fear has become my companion

Fear has become my companion
Reaching out from the depth of my guts
Taking bites of my heart, beat by beat

Fear has become my companion
Wringing out the last pellets of welcome
Reluctantly from gates, fences and bullet proofing

Fear has become my companion
Keeping my stories from the communal fire
Baring laughter from devotees at the shrine

Fear has become my companion
Trudging behind every bank collapse
Behind every saving lost to sharper suits

Fear has become my companion
Staring out from each checkpoint eyes
Eyes that have seen death in napkins

Fear has become my companion
Friends, foes and in between share my fate
Bombs are wrapped in swathing clothes

Fear has become my companion.

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