Night-Fear Poem by samson ogbeewi

It's not the chirping of crickets...
It's not the darkness that obstructs view...


It's not the hooting of the owls
neither is it the careless running of rodents;
which ends up colliding with feet...


It's not that severe silence we encounter,
when every word has become a mental picture...


It's not the absence of the sun,
Nor that of a song thush...


It's not the unrecognized shadows of forest trees-most times
appearing like wandering ghosts...no, these
are not what actually breeds night-fear...
But the uncertainty and unpredictability of a new day.