Labyrinth Of My Dream Poem by Tony Adah

Labyrinth Of My Dream



I was at night sleeping
My dream frightened me
The sight of my departed friends, brothers
Sisters and the ghosts of my great grands
Was a bizzare spectacle to behold.

I had not started the journey
But I was so tired and weary that
My feet ached like a rookie athlete
Some this night I thought
I had reached my destination
And where I was was not of this world.

It was a strenuous journey
Without the urge for food
Or the thirst for water
To one of the the most beautiful place
In any known galaxy.
It was adorned with silver-coated steel railings
Fencing every cell in with hordes of men and women
Stuck to their luggage and bright turnstiles
Letting them in and out one after the other.
People here were of all races distinct in colour
Gesticulating in low tone conversation
I didn't understand.

Beyond the steel railings hedging everyone in
Were lush verdures with spreading trunks
Of macamadized thoroughfares
This is where the great birds glide through
And fly high into the azure sky.
What brought me here was sheer obeisance
To death's other brother on my straw mattress
Old as the hill in a labyrinth of a dream
Where the only living person was my humble self!

Saturday, January 31, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: dream
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