I Will

I will not be afraid
of closing the binding
of an unfinished book
and letting the pages fall,
watching them drift
like soot on the wind
burning, blowing away.
I will not be afraid
of seeing my face
uncovered at last
unshadowed
by the blank story
I wanted to write.
I won't let the words
of what could
have been
be written in stone.
I will not
be afraid
of myself.