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“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