Afraid

You say 

There is no fear

Yet 

I always feel it here

Draped about me 

A cloak suffocating me

Burden on my soul

Heavy weighing down,

My heart, nearly broke

You say  

Perfect love casts out fear

Yet 

Always I am afraid

Always permeating

In my soul harsh words

Resonating

"You're not quite right"

"You could always be better"

What if I fall

What if I fail

To be short of the mark

Of this

I am so afraid

He says

I care not for judgments of man

Only

Of God's mighty hand

But the feeling

Can't shake

Eyes always watching

For a mistake

 

Whisper, "You're not good enough"

There is no fear in love

Yet I'm always afraid

Of

Eyes always watching 

And the judgments of man

When will love be enough?