Sleep and DreamsA Poem by Chebem Ike
Dive into the stream of sleep
Dive into the deep Dive forth and back Forget the sorrows from life aback The sorrows of love lost And hate Swim in the life you''ld rather have Forget the life you'ld rather not have Enjoy that your feral son graduated with a first-class honours And your hustler daughter married a virgin "o! What honour Enjoy it: after your graduation when You are besieged by employers " please sign, just your pen" Enjoy when your neighbour you slap And the other cheek he willfully turns, without some flap Enjoy 'specially when your wives cry Genuinly, at your demise " o death why?" Live in that elusive world Enjoy it why it lasts-no word Stir not at the buzzing of the mosquito Nor at the crawling of the c'croaches o'er the pillow For soon you shall awake And when you awake To face the world- from the stream of sleep broken Remember that you have awoken! © 2014 Chebem Ike |
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Added on December 16, 2014 Last Updated on December 23, 2014 Author
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