“He Was a Poet, A Scholar and a Mighty Warrior” is a quote said at the funeral scene in the classic movie Lawrence of Arabia. If you’re not familiar with the movie or the life of T.E. Lawrence, he was a Brit that single handedly lead an extremely successful Arab rebellion against the Germans in World War II.
I always wanted somebody to say that about me, but I’ve never written a poem. I had a case of the nerves while driving to a foreign gym last week, so to keep my mind limber I composed the first poem of my life:
Please Cure My Disease
Fear is my affliction
I’m going for the cure
The infirmary is no use
My hospital is the ring
No shots in the arm
I take them in the face
Side effects are cosmetic and dementia
I don’t want to go
Without a cure disease lives on
Take my medicine and fear turns
Turns to accomplishment and pride
I could run away and ignore it
The thought is tempting, peaceful
If I don’t treat it, it will haunt me forever
