A pal of mine
Asked me yesterday
‘What’s your greatest fear’
I was taken aback
B’cos he was the second person
In the whole Earth to ask me that question
I recalled, the first people received a false answer
But told the second person yesterday
The Truth!
My greatest fear
Is something i can’t control
Something that is outside my reach
Something I have no say over
Mr. Death!!
Wow! Really?
Well, partially ‘Yes’
Can’t still fathom that entity
Called Mr. Death
Can’t control life and death
And that weakens my spirit to bleed.
© Ekene Balmybreeze Okeke (2018)
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