Fear Shredding

It's been my experience
that the key to happiness
and semi contentment
is found in the acceptance
that nine tenth
of the shit we fret about
is irrelevant nonsense
in the grand scheme
of this all too condensed existence...

Of course I have to self confess
that the identifying and shedding
of these false sources of anguish
is never an easy task
in this world of mass information
where we can Google confirm
all the scary monsters out there...

A few of them may indeed cross our path
but most of these demons never do
so don't let them be an obsession
that leads to the insidious joy paralysis
too prevalent in the horror show narrative
we far too often craft for ourselves