Dealing with fear

Ever noticed, how your fears surface when you're asleep?
You dream about them and cannot help but weep

They take your peace away
They scare you in every way

You sleep longer than you need
To no alarm can you then pay heed

You linger on the bed, trying to run away from them
While they go on and multiply, each to the power of ten

This goes on till you stop dead in the tracks
And rack your brains to gather the facts

Then you remember you're just lying down with your eyes closed
And the fears would not be known to you, had you not dozed

Thankful for the realization, you turn to face them
And then they appear crystal clear, as the ridges of a gem

You can't help but laugh at yourself
To think you've made a monster out of an elf

The simple solution then dawns upon you
You just get out of bed and you're through

Fears cannot be dealt with when you're asleep
You just have to drag them and throw them off a cliff

With the fears gone, you can not only tackle problems head-on
But also retain the solutions, in case you need them later on