Umeh Collins Ebube
Umeh Collins Ebube
Feb 02, 2020

• I'm scared •

Poem Body

|The fear of a Soldier in a Country|

I'm scared
not of the stone I'll be,
buried by sand under the soil.

I'm scared
not of the demon I saw with seven heads
nor by darkness that dimmed at my sight,
or even by sound of gun.

I'm scared
not of the arrow fired in the sky,
to pierce my body.

I'm scared,
scared for the star
that fell in the grieved land
I call home,
where dogs bark
they see no bones.

About This Poem

Review Request Intensity: I want the raw truth, feel free to knock me on my back

Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: Nigeria, NGA

Favorite Poets: Pablo Neruda , Maya Angelou, TS Eliot, Walt Whitman, William Shakespeare, Robert Frost, Williams Blake, William worthsworth, and many more!

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Comments

C

May I suggest trying the word afraid in place of scared only becaue it softens the sound of the line. Either way a good write

Geezer

but a little bit vague in spots. "Where dogs bark, they see no bones"? I think it refers to some faction that does a lot of talking but can't quite get the job done? ~Geezer.
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