*immersion is an enemy of fright—
when the air of terror sits
on your throne-lungs,
let liquid courage run through
your teeth-gated mouth
and into the hollows of doubts,
oust every dread-molecule
from their reign and throw them
into nothingness.
the only forms of fear
that shall live on
are the breaths of bravery
marching across the walls
of your windpipe.*