Death Doesn't Frighten Me

I had to write a poem for my African American Women Writers Class (taught by the incomparable Professor Carla Jones). I was instructed to write a poem in a style similar to one of the poems by the great Maya Angelou, "Life Doesn't Frighten Me". Please take a moment and view her poem here. I wanted to share mine with you guys. So, here goes:

Death Doesn’t Frighten Me

By A.M.W.

Handwriting’s on the wall

Seen many a close call

Death doesn’t frighten me at all

Many times being revived

Like a cat with nine lives

Death doesn’t frighten me at all

Constantly feeling pain

Coursing through my tender frame

It doesn’t frighten me at all

Doctors try and fake it

But they're not sure if I will make it

That doesn't frighten me at all

I say ok

Must be this way

And try to smile

All the while

Sometimes I cry

And ask God why

He says it won’t last

This too shall pass.

Death doesn’t frighten me at all

I’ve suffered infirmity

Like the Apostle Paul

Hard E.R. cots, twists and knots

In my abdominal wall

The saints stayed by my bedside

They prayed all day and night

The doctors said, with surgery

That I would be alright

Though ICU, and wires and tubes

Was a rough recovery

After 15 years of suffering

Even with a bag, I’m free

In this story of survival

Though often suicidal

I’ve found so much solace in

that good book called the Bible

Totally free from sickness now

God did my needs, supply

He said “It’s not your time to go”

I was too young to die

But death doesn’t frighten me at all

Not at all

Not at all

Really!

Death doesn’t frighten me AT ALL!

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