My fears

1).Sleeping alone

Like any other African child,I do not remember sharing a bed with my parents

But I do remember sharing with my 'peers'

Sleeping alone was a test of bravery which failed terribly in every way whatsoever

I could feel presence of beings I can't neither see staring unblinkingly at me somewhere within the room 

I was so afraid that I could not toss or turn only feeling afraid of alerting the being

2).The dark

Whenever lights went out I would pull the blanket over my head and cover my face whole

I usually preferred to be asleep before the lights went out so that I do not have a hard times sleeping but for someone like me screaming 'mama weeee!' If something/someone touched me in the dark is proof I never embraced my fear of the dark till now.

3).the cane

Home,dad used to call it 'mushulah'

School it was the 'black mamba' it was a teachers best friend to me it was quite the opposite

In my eyes I saw an Adolf Hitler holding an AK whenever I saw a tea

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cher with it

Kwanza with every stroke it made my heart would jump with fright within my chest case

Even if it was not I who was facing it

4).The monsters under my bed

I've always been afraid of what might be under my bed than what might be in closet

I am one of those people who would peek under the bed to confirm nothing was hiding beneath the sleeping me awaiting to crawl out when the lights are out and i,ve shut my eyes

5).Nightmares

Damn! I hate it when I have nightmares to date

Especially those associated with traumas I've underwent

They were the worst

Most were so frightening that I at times I did sweat or screamed from my sleeps

6).Heartbreak

heartbreak of betrayal hit the first day my mother lashed my backside

My first love canned me hard

While Love heartbreak Hit had at puberty all the way to my teenage years, I can not explain the pain this caused 

My current fear

Is losing my self and forgetting who I am.