Enough

Tell me, what is your greatest fear?
My greatest fear is that I am not enough.

Enough love, enough encouragement,
giving enough, doing enough...
all of these things.

You don't have to be enough.
(The silence that follows holds a space.
It gives me time. And courage. To hope.)

You don't have to be enough 
because I am enough.

(I swing my feet, and my toes touch the water,
bringing back memories of sitting on the end of the dock as a child.
I feel the sun on my face.
But even more, I feel a presence beside me.
An arm around my shoulder.
A sideways hug.)

You don't have to be enough, because I am enough.
Letting the air out, I realize I was holding my breath.

But who will--
You don't have to be enough because I am enough.

But what if-
You don't have to be enough because I am enough.

But how can you possibly do it all without me?
(A smile and a shake of the head, making me smile too.)

You don't have to be enough because I am enough.
Trusting. That enough really is.