A peaceful silence. A deafening blow to the chest. We tremor in fear. Our hearts are pounding, the sweat is seeding, the mind is on fire. We await a threat, our sensations become immobilized. We seek out protection, vengeance, destruction, invasion, reduction, and liquidation. We act out in devastation to comfort our fears. To know that my child can sleep undisturbed. A sweet innocence, until corrupted, is the love that keeps me alive.
This fear is a poison, that bends its servants to extreme. It cripples the mind until every sensation is replaced by rage. The senses sedated, our empathy cringes to any remaining humanity. The eyes go numb; the brain is conformed.
In this state we leave ourselves behind. We become voice boxes to the effected, and amplify the fear. Dedicated to decimation and oppression, we beat back the world to keep what is ourselves and take what we please.
We cordon off our empathy. Its reach limited to those that are like us, and withheld from those that are different. A threat to our fragile facades, we edit out the one’s that we think don’t belong. Stolen of humanity, it becomes easy to oppress and kill. We want to forget the misdeeds that we have done, and shift the blame on to those that have received the misdeed and act as a constant reminder. A woman is raped, and the shame that we possess we attach to her.
How the human mind becomes so shrouded in a labyrinth of illusion. We lie somewhere within, waiting to re-emerge when we feel safe again. Fearful of each other, we construct elaborate armor, itching to disrobe. We believe that if we build our walls high enough, one day I will be happy, I will re-emerge. Yet, that day never comes unless another human being comes along to revolutionize our world.
Locked in by eye sight, the eyes brighten like a rising sun. The blood starts pulsing to remember that you’re alive. The brain is a fireworks display, and the heart recalls who you are. The mazes began to tumble, the walls decay, and the armor melts away. It is love that awakens us from our long slumbers. It is love that shatters our illusions. It is love that makes us whole.
Sometimes it comes like an electric shock, sometimes like a silent tsunami. Yet, your world becomes changed forever. If but a moment: your fears suspend, the haze of your mind is lifted, and your consciousness becomes connected. As such, love is the counter virus to the grip of fear. Love, unshackles the mind and teaches others to do the same. Once, one is ignited, the chain reaction is impossible to control or impede.
In the heat of battle or acquaintance with a stranger, an electric shock can have unpredictable results. While, a silent tsunami could easily disarm anyone. When the other approaches with fear, he or she can be set to a hair trigger. When you move smoothly and silently, you penetrate their eyes and rest their fears. A child afraid, calmed by the settled storm in our eyes. With the fear dispersed, the body begins to rest. Fear is an onerous burden, that forces the mind awake while weakening the body. Once the weight is shifted, the shackles become lifted, and freedom calls for a restful sleep.
While, love on the other hand, empowers us and keeps fear at bay. In this way, when love is the cause, nothing can stand in its way.
Thump, thump, thump. The heart beats of humanity cry out for sanity in unison. We reawaken from long slumbers. The eyes glow. The core within us is ignited. The bitter walls decay. Hand in hand, we forget our fears