Life doesn’t frighten me | recovery network: Toronto
From the book combining Maya Angelou’s words with Jean Michel Basquiat’s paintings.
Shadows on the wall Noises down the hall Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Bad dogs barking loud Big ghosts in a cloud Life doesn’t frighten me at all
Mean old Mother Goose Lions on the loose They don’t frighten me at all
Life doesn’t frighten me at all.
Tough guys fight All alone at night Life doesn’t frighten me at all.
Panthers in the park Strangers in the dark No, they don’t frighten me at all.
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“I wrote this poem for all children, who for some reason whistle in the dark and who refuse to admit that they’re frightened out of their wits.” -Maya Angelou
Life Doesn’t Frighten Me Maya Angelou
Dragons breathing flame On my counterpane That doesn’t frighten me at all.
I go boo Make them shoo I make fun Way they run I won’t cry So they fly I just smile They go wild
That new classroom where Boys all pull my hair (Kissy little girls With their hair in curls) They don’t frighten me at all.
. Don’t show me frogs and snakes And listen for my scream, If I’m afraid at all It’s only in my dreams. . I’ve got a magic charm That I keep up my sleeve I can walk the ocean floor And never have to breathe. . . Life doesn’t frighten me at all Not at all Not at all. . Not at all.
