Last Night Dream Of A Friend Poem by Adeosun Olamide

I dreamt
I saw you
In a garden filled with golden daffodils on black soil,
In an atmosphere tensed with joy on sober ground,
I saw you
Teeny- Weeny you glowed and gave way to your black teeth to shine,
I saw you in my other world carrying a lamp of dying
light in a cloudy moon night,
Scampering around in your loose lounging garment,
In a queen of seconds, you were given away to the
king. By who?
By men with wrinkled faces walking on three legs
and women with lagging breast.
Arewa! The town crier called.
The gods has chosen you to be our mother
Yet your tender hands that was shivering takes away your consent
Your innocent frown gives away your pain and in all
of this everyone you loved rejoices for they felt you
were blessed
The whispers of your heart…
Let the winds blow me away Let the rain wash me away
Let the sun melt me
Let it not be me,
Let the rivers be filled that our village is flooded and
let the wind of change in the river take me away,
Far away to my darling, far away to my dreams, And then I woke up.