Prayer To The Grim Reaper



PRAYER TO THE GRIM REAPER.
We are counted as trees in this Thine vast forest,
And in Thy hot displeasure, Thou givest us early rest.
Hew us down no more in Thine anger,  Oh, let Thy mercy overshadow Thy power!
Thou goest forth thundering, "Hew them down! Hew them down!"
No tree that was ever survived Thine blastful frown.
 Oh Thou Reaper! for our sakes, put away Thy grim,
And let not the fire of heaven over us grow dim.
Uproot not that which Thou didst plant,
More flowering and flourishing years to Thy trees grant.
By Thy wrath, we are consumed and are swept away for ever,
Deprived of our blossoming mornings and straightaway we wither.
Grim Reaper, verily, some trees are indeed slow to yield,
But assuage Thine anger and over them, do not Thy po wer wield.
Return Oh Reaper and water Thine tender trees!
Pass over them with Thy cool and gentle breeze.
Instead of Thine anger, pour down the rain,
And Thy frail, fragile trees shall yield fruits again and a gain.
Let Thy trees grow, and let their days be many,
And in Thy mercy, Oh Reaper, hew us not down early!
 
By ONUOHA EMMANUEL
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Submitted on September 30, 2020

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Onuoha Emmanuel.

A Nigerian poet, story writer and article writer born on the 29th of April 1997. My love for poetry was triggered by reading William Shakespeare's works who would later become my literary mentor forever. I am a poet who has dreams of acquiring my Master's degree in Literature outside my present clime(Nigeria,) having obtained my Bachelor's in Mass Communication as a Second class upper graduate. more…

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