Though not fear of...

Some…

Claim to know what fear is

though not fear of...

For others

Death

vies for attention,

though not fear of…

Many

Young once,

experienced dread

while seeking parental attention,

meeting head on with

impatience,

hubris,

ignorance,

though not the fear of...

Later

Fright barks louder at

Exam failure,

Innocence lost,

Business reversal,

Marriage dissolution,

Family betrayal

though not fear of...

And then

Some learn

the ancient maxim;

that real panic is

not experiencing fear at all

Eventually for those

Sentience wanes,

feelings become but

an inexorable ghost

of what might have been,

save for simply accepting

unappalled fear of

who you had been born to be.