Clogged

Brought in with speed and fury

Plumpy, the envy of skinny

Voice, muttering

Breaths drawn with fits and grunts

Like a woman heavy

Hands clutch the chest as the cor flutters

Head buried in Manus as doom looms

Eyes shut as she entertains Malak al-mawt

Tubings in her nares to smoke the reaper out her withering bulk

One could see the life creeping out of her eyes

As the darkening halo evolves

Limbs cold as ice

Legs gone to jelly

With the passing of time nighs quietus

Her cocked moppet maunders the verandah in wonder

Presupposing this would be last she’d see of her beloved mother

Hajia fought hard

But her heart was weary

And the thought of eternal Oblivion made her teary

The Ascension © kingdom.of_art

@WeirdmaskmanNG ✏️

1 Comments Add yours

  1. Ibrahim Aliyu says:

    Death awaits.!! Patience, a particular trait of death, but when the leaf’s dried up, patience goes out the window.
    Do pray that “Kalimatush Shahada ” will be within our grasp during those final moments.
    Say, have read about “the merchant of Baghdad” (popularly known as “Appointment in samarra”). If you haven’t, look it up.

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