Afraid of the Question

--What are you afraid of?

Dying. Being abandoned.  Humiliation.  Feeling cheap.  Rejection.

--And what are you afraid of?

Being used.  Being defenseless.  Being stuck in a tight place.

--Being born?  What are you afraid of?

Moving.  Staying.

--What are you afraid of?

Unrequited love.  What I will do.  Misery.

--What are you afraid of?

Change.  Stagnation.

--What are you afraid of?

Life?

--What is it that you are really afraid of?

God.  God.