Death: Friend of Foe?

Death: Friend of Foe?

A Poem by Rosi S. Phillips


As I listen to a story from The Bible

The question seeps into my head

Death is the last fight? Our greatest enemy?

Is he?

I had thought Death a long time friend

Since conception he has always been with me

Death is release from the pain and hardship of living

Death is a purple heart in the war

An honorable discharge

Is life not the real enemy

Is birth not the battle

Disease, rape, pain, and hardship

Those come with life

You fight a battle everyday for survival

You can't fight Death

Death Is inevitable

Perhaps I have grown to romanticize my death

Thinking of my ending as a friend or lover come to bid me good night

Fear is misplaced in this world

We are born to populate

Live, breed, and die

I don't fear death

I fear life

© 2014 Rosi S. Phillips


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Rosi S. Phillips
Rosi S. Phillips

DC, DC



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Rosi S. Phillips was born in 1993 with caramel colored skin, to a Nigerian immigrant father and a 2nd generation Finnish mother. With this background, International awesomeness was soon to follow. .. more..

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