The Sting Of Death by Vanessa Banda-Chidhumo
- I could be paranoid
- You can correct me if I’m wrong,
- But there’s now this void,
- Of hope evaporating from my soul,
- Under the scorching heat of a cruel sun.
- But can I call you sun?
- You feel more like a dark cloud, yet you burn like a fiery hell.
- Just one sting and your intentions are clear.
- You wish to disrupt all things I hold dear.
- You could sting me next, or my loved one on my next.
- Bringing me to a standstill, paralyzed with fear.
- We gather together, for warmth around the flames.
- No one dares to open their mouths and say your name.
- Least you hear us and take it as a call,
- For you to come knocking on our door.
- We hear you though, your footsteps outside our home.
- Your cold shadow lingering, a terrifying form.
- Patiently waiting, or maybe impatiently.
- Seeing how you are never satisfied.
- But I do not want to be afraid of you anymore.
- Oo how I wish to be like the great Apostle Paul.
- Who against you stood up tall,
- He saw through you, called on your bluff and folklore,
- The tales you told us for so long,
- That you are a master, you were wrong.
- Oh Death, now where is your sting?
- It no longer holds us, this fear you bring.
- We have been rescued by our resurrected KING.
- A living hope, our hearts now sing,
- That we shall not die, but we shall live.
- Though this body behind we leave,
- A glorified body, incorruptible the King shall give,
- To His beloved children for eternity to live.
- Your sting to us was fear, right?
- You made us tremble at the mention of your name to give up fight.
- You made us ‘hush hush” so we could give each other false hope,
- So that when you eventually strike, we would think hope is false.
- But our eyes are now opened to the hope that abides.
- We will stare you in the face when you come.
- Give me your best shot, do your worst harm.
- My body will fall away, but to eternity fly away.
- What you intended as loss has become my gain.
- For I am a seed, I multiply when I die.
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