Fear To Tread Before I Fail Poem by Niki Nicholas Nkuna

It is high time I lost my regular sleep
Elongate my thoughts to action I fear
I see the territory before me
It is vast like the Atlantic Ocean
I fear to tread before I fail
I dream not of it to pretend confusion
My silences and snores are perturbed in the night and day

I see the Kilimanjaro
It is high enough to touch the sky
I fear to attempt it before I fail
My thoughtfulness and resolutness are perturbed in the night and day

I see the vast throng of people
They are numerous enough like ants
I fear the attempt to count before I fail
My physic and readiness to plunge perturbed by doubt
To endure the cold, the heat, sweat and the rise of dust

I dream not of it to pretend confusion
My endeavours to hide and dilly dally after the tale always
Perturbed in the night and day

I sleep not before I’m woken up by the splash of cold water
Struck by the thought of duty in want of attention
I walk not before I’m awoken by the high bell of the long distance Marco polo
I ruminate not before I’m taken out of reverie by the careless attention seeker

Alas! The church bells ringing out of tune
The rains coming down hard on the high mountains and seas
Evident by the destructive floods
The voices of reason echoing, I hear somnambulism
My head is vibrating violently,
Brains dripping along the right hand,
Alas! I could not resist the osmosis of motion to blot the papers
N Nkuna,3 July 2013