What’s my great fear?
I’ll tell you; come near…
To lay down in death
with so much left.
Passion not spent –
Oh cowardly regret!
For fear of others?
The thousand deaths.
I’m afraid to die
With no twinkle in my eye –
To pass meagerly by
Yet hidden inside.
To walk through life
Not truly alive,
And to pass in the night
With an unfelt “goodbye”.