"Never fear", now in retrospect,
Was only foolish make believe
Navigating through pure denial
A heart turned itself to leave
Its departure perhaps noticed,
Though not admitted by the blind
Yet, the doors closing in its wake
Echo forward still through time

In secret even from itself
The heart built another layer
To bury the hidden heartaches
That were always present there
But pain was never fully gone
For unwavering is its will
Irregardless of the protests
The echoes have lingered still

Fear-inducing in truth they are
And oh! this is no smallish thing
Fear is simply necessary
In the all of everything
Now looking back, opening doors
And slowly turning on the light
Ensures that one's not so naïve
To consider echoes trite

The memories of lessons learned,
As hard to bear as they have been,
Become like lifetime guarantees
That those doors won’t close again
For one cannot feign ignorance
Once they have moved beyond the dark
This, then, the value of one’s fears
As they echo through the heart