Mugisho Ndabuli Poet ABC

In the Shade of Death

My day had been extremely hectic 
Stamina,  I fully consumed along the day
Desperately, into my cold bed, I jumped 
To only find myself into the shade of death 

A deep sleep immediately swooped my soul   
To guide it mercilessly into hallucination 
Where red and black visions invaded me
To find myself into the shade of death

I was lonely and poorly struggled powerlessly 
With lions and leopards that surrounded me
Great fear vanished my voice to cry for rescue  
To find myself into that distressing shade of death

My arms abandoned me desperately to fight 
Into a deep burning hell, I stood,  with wobbling legs
Burning was my bed and prickly were my sheets
I found myself fearful into the shade of death

But luckily, a kind Angel came closer to me for rescue 
To only realize the real world existed around me though
The whole night had been unkind and silently dead
Lifeless was the land: no crickets’ songs, no moon, no stars  
To leave me in such virtually scaring shades of death 


Poem by Mugisho N Theophile

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L. J. Carber November 20, 2020 at 1:16 PM I learned a lifetime ago that death is only a door, but where it leads--now that is the tricky part... Mugisho Ndabuli November 20, 2020 at 9:13 PM Thank you for your comment, Carber. Death is fully complex depending on the writer. We sometimes dream of death, other times we experience it. Experiencing death now occurs in different contexts; we are hurt morally or physically, or we completely die.