You only feel powerless because your fear has given your power to the object of your fear. Once you realise this, you can claim it back.
Alarm clocks were going off in the city now. One after another, sometimes two or three together, they drove their small silver knives into the body of the great dream that sprawled naked on the houset...
(a.) Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected.