Who do you silence

Who do you silence
Block, guard against or run from

What don't you want to see
To feel or crumble by

Why do you doubt your ability to stand
In the face of their light or their touch or their terror

What will happen when your presence
And theirs

Can feel pain simultaneously
But let that be okay

Will you allow their dredge
And their tears and their allure

To frighten you
Heighten your senses

And eventually just be?