I am a coward, I am afraid, I am risk-averse, I am afraid of life, of living, I am afraid of uncertainty, I am afraid, That I will fall, That I will fail, That it will all be for naught, That all my efforts will be in vain, That people will laugh, That no one will support me, That my own family will frown on me, That despite all my hard work, Despite all my sweat and tears, It will all amount to nothing. I am afraid, That there is no set plan, Go with the flow, doesn’t soothe my ears, Live in the moment, doesn’t calm my fears, What if it all ends up horribly wrong, Well, that just sounds like my anxiety talking… I am a coward, Because I was too scared to rebel, To rebel for my dream, To fight for it, To walk on the path, For it is filled with uncertainty, I don’t know if I will reach the end, I don’t know if I will be rewarded for my efforts, I was too busy conforming to the norms of the society, So, I took the safer option, I listened to what my well-wishers told me, “For every succes...