Scared?

I'm not scared of..

Creepy hairy caterpillars

Chest-beating escaped gorillas

Telling people I've been crying

Or my uncle David dying

Mister Rankle (shouty teacher)

'Zombie Doomsday' (horror feature)

I'm not scared of...

Prickly, spiky falling conkers

Towering trees like massive monsters

Bonfire nights' exploding rockets

Finding squashed slugs in my pockets

Skating on the ice in winter

Digging out a wooden splinter

I'm not scared of...

Starting school on Monday morning

Thunder with no lightning warning

Heights of mountains, depths of valleys

Walking down deserted alleys

Bothersome big boils and blisters

Cinderella's ugly sisters

But I am scared of...

When I can no longer pretend

And must admit that I'm scared

To all my family and friends