1) I am afraid of silent waiting rooms because I’ve never learned how to be alone with myself.
2) I am afraid of not being good enough because I’ve been told that these days, good isn’t enough.
3) I am afraid of still being on the first question while the rest of the class turns their exams in.
4) I am afraid of walking to the bus station too slowly, and having to desperately sprint at the end to catch up.
5) I am afraid of indecision. The only thing worse than making a wrong decision is being the coward who didn’t make one at all.
6) I am afraid of being lazy, so lazy that my suicide will be a pack a day and an unbuckled seatbelt.
7) I am afraid of how fast you are going, and
8) I am afraid of you leaving me behind.
9) I am afraid of being weak – of taking twice as long to wait for the elevator instead of just taking the stairs.
10) I am afraid of failure; more importantly, I am afraid of those unbearable seconds of silence that come afterward.
11) I am afraid of believing wholly and completely in eternal sunshine because I won't have an umbrella when I need one and
12) I am afraid of asking to borrow your extra umbrella.
13) I am afraid of good-old-fashion bad luck because can it make the rest of my fear arbitrary anxiety.
14) I am afraid of saying, “I miss you, I love you, please stay longer this time…”
15) I am afraid of naivety because nothing is ever said without a reason.
16) I am afraid of overestimating myself because someone once told me you see yourself as ten times more beautiful than you actually are.
17) I am afraid of giving my love to those who do not deserve it because they will not give theirs back to me.
18) I am afraid of wasting my time, because I do not have time to waste.
19) I am afraid of limiting myself. God knows there is always more I could be doing. Should be doing.
20) I am afraid of being honest. Honest like children. Honest like poetry.