Scared Of Death Poem by Francis Duggan

The bell i will not hear will be my farewell bell
Though of dying i do admit i feel scared as hell
Time as is said does take care of all
And the great tree of the forest eventually to old age does fall

And though i am a mere mortal one born to die
That i am scared of death of this i will not lie
I want to live on for as long as i can
And die in my sleep without pain as a very old man

That i do feel scared of death i will not deny
I envy those who believe in a God in the sky
Of what it takes to be devout i have failed the test
I am an atheist maybe or an agnostic at best

So few people do live for a century
And time it is ticking and ticking on me
But i will fight for life right until my last breath
For i am one of those who does feel scared of death

I was never a soldier and i will not die brave
And the Last Post will never be played at my grave
And though my best years of life in the forever gone
It is my fear of death that keeps me living on.