Fret not by Adejola Joseph
Fret not
Fear is a beast
It invades you if you allow it
It conquers you if you succumb to it
But fear is powerless
On its own it cannot bite
So, fret not
I see fear in a glance
It's like a shadow in a trance
So, fret not
Leave!
Grief!
Fear!
Shadow!
Blank!
Fear is a wanderer
A roaming spirit
So, fret not
Fear is a toothless dog
A virgin's fright
So, fret not
Nothing can kill me
No fear can harm me
Invisible as wind
The unkillable
Fear not
Fret not
Fear.
Categories:
unkillable, faith,
Form: Free verse
This is a funeral
Why don't you accept
This is a funeral
And this is the death
The candles are burning
The red curtains drawn
The oak casket glittering
Like a pistil of dawn
Nobody knew you
So why's there a wake?
Your work-life undid you
All rigid and fake
Here's how it pares down:
A brief eulogy
A shovel of gravel
And it's all done by three
Then your friends will forget you
By the light of a screen
Full of afternoon football
And unkillable dreams
Categories:
unkillable, death,
Form: Lyric
“Engineers, surgeons…all the high stress jobs,
would anybody do that for twenty thousand?
They won’t, and society needs those people,
how would you even survive without them?”
I again hoped he would think about this,
instead the young man’s face just grew more red,
He said,”Fascist! I knew this was a mistake!”
Then fact away from the table he sped.
At first I wondered why God gave such passion
to people who were so incredibly dumb,
then sighed and was grateful I had this chance
to reach out and speak at least with this one.
Since a man can’t unhear something he’s told,
and the truth will plant unkillable seeds,
when that kids grows, and questions this nonsense,
the voice that he will be hearing is me.
Categories:
unkillable, age, confusion, how i
Form: Narrative
People and mice
live together
forever. Mice don't
care. They just know
what they like.
.
Caveman-like
tenant warm squats
food hubs,
babies' buvettes.
They navigate
with poor eyes,
by noses,
the dark
mazes.
.
I have my own
trouble with sympathy.
Oh Disney how you have
led me astray.
I hear them
unkillable with their
pitter patter feet.
Categories:
unkillable, animal, cute love, death,
Form: Free verse
And today your life begins
From the womb burst forth
With the violent spasms of new life
We come, pink, screaming
Into a cold world smogged over
With the gasses of our indifference
We grow tall and strong like weeds
In yards uncertain, dusty and grey
We thrive like ants
Our drive unkillable
And we grow ever faster,
And the day you see the first ashen hair
You smile and realize you haven’t long
Wizened by the times you’ve spent
you see whats all around you
your smile fades and you pass, disgusted
you came pink and screaming
you leave grey, accepting
for you now know the world
and know we killed it.
Long ago.
Categories:
unkillable, abuse, angst,
Form: Free verse