THE BOOK OF FEARS Julio José Sánchez
THE BOOK OF FEARS Julio José Sánchez
Fears have always been latent and inherent to human nature. They were the caregivers that took humanity to where it is, by making us aware of dangers, and keeping us away from them.
FAILURE Success after the other. Money control and stability. Tip the balance. Apply pressure. The body hurts, crumbles to the weight. A let down and a champions, all possible within one self. A master or a peon. Two directions, only one is accepted. Fear for the little one. He is too young for the pressure.Be strong. Be really strong.
ESCAPE Run without legs and strapped to concrete. There is will, a lot of it. The wheel moves, and fast. The body refuses to go that fast, but has to go with it. Endure it. Confront the wheel, or be one with it. Makes things easier. Don’t endure it. Flow, just flow.
SNAKES N RATS Diamonds and lines. Rough shapes that can make up ugly shapes. Hunt my dreams, make me want to run. Turn to circles and be smooth please. They won’t. I want to see them dead, poisoned, and trapped. God why would you create them?
LONELINESS The cat is company, and the mechanic is family. The sea between the man and his loved ones stretches for eons. The land of the lights and sounds waits far away. Like a star in the milky way. Can’t be seen, can’t be felt. The mirror closes the gap, but the person can’t be fooled.
CHANGE Comfort, comfort, comfort. Being spoiled down in the zone. Wet and soft. Things go by. Foreign land. Do it yourself. Be like the octopus, blend in or die. Chameleon.
The problem with fears is that they can affect our reality, by making us perceive danger where there’s none, or distorting it’s real magnitude. They are pure instinct, always hiding within our mind,lurking, always ready to set the alarms on. They are as big as we let them be, and that can overwhelm our lives and minds, being present on every thought, excluding every emotion, making life unbearable….
CONTROL Set the pace, check on it. Is it ready yet? Is it done? It Better be. Follow orders, he is right. No. He is the fucking truth. No, he is not. Don’t be free and listen. No. I told you so….
FLYING 100 days, 10 days, 1 day, 1 hour, 1 minute. Airborne. Levitation is unnatural and comes with cold sweat. Hollow chest, but strong breaths. The clock ticks, but it doesn’t move. Every second is an hour, and every hour is an eternity. Back on earth is blessing. Everything is death before the land. Flown by the unknown‌.
DESTINY Anxiety. Uncertainty. Goals and accomplishments with dreams that could fade. The strong tide pushes. It goes in one direction, and the boat wants to go the other way. Can’t be the captain of this boat…… No one can be.
HEIGHTS Look at those ants, they move around a tower of jelly. In the top of the building an observer who is uneasy, unsteady and feeling unsafe. He wants to join the ants again. He is an ant.
We cannot eradicate them, as they are important parts of ourselves. But it is our task to be patient and face them, over and over again, teach them how to discriminate between dangers, and how to react. That is the only way to get them to a size where they can live within our mind, along with every other thought.