Why are we afraid?

Why are we afraid?
Fear is an emotion
That can take over
The only thing we have to fear
Is fear itself
Why are we afraid of death?
It happens to everyone
There's nothing awkward about it
If you can talk to your parents
About puberty
Then what's the difference?
We don't know what happens after death
Anything~
Good or Bad
Maybe even both
When you die
You may have reached full muturity
And if you lived much longer
You could change the world in ways
It's not ready for
Maybe in the future
People will start living much longer
Because our world is developing
And realizing
That we were
"killing" ourselves
And the world we live in.