Roman

Afraid of Afraid

Fear takes me back
to one equals one.
Does fear equal 
fear? Can equal
equal equal? One
worry hurries 
to embark on 
its journey to
word permanence.
This is a trick,
a one equals 
through, a 
time when 
the logic of
language adheres
to the broken
glass through 
which I could
once see my
self.