A Date With Death Poem by Uche Nwanze

The day Death came calling, I wasn't ready
Oh what a day, the Day the brigand came knocking, I wasn't home
That day, that very day would have been the death of me, it wasn't to be
From the jaws of death, he saved me
Pulled me up from the bottomless pit
The Almighty, His angels he gave charge to hold me lest I dash my foot on the rock
What a day never to forget, I sank deep into the trenches stench my companion
In the abyss I looked with despair, until the light shone in the dark tunnel
The day, my life about to disappear before me
My desire to see another day, yet in fear I perspire at the thought my time to expire was nigh
That day , the eerie songs from Hades beckoning, my ears deaf from his melody
Oh that day, the second day of the second month of love, Death came calling
Death on my heels, He gave me a second chance
Away Away with him, my time has not yet come
That certain day, Death gave me a hug his hands I shrugged off
The day, I stood at Death's door, when all was lost, from the heavens my help arrived
His Calvary to the rescue,
I live to fight another day
I live to pen more words, my work is not done here
I am still going to be here as long as he wants me