Last night I dreamt
by Obinna Chilekezi
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Last night I dreamt
I saw a ghost
Me in your bedside
And I the tear on the mask
You the idle handkerchief
In the hand of the bystander
It hurt somehow
To embark on a journey
You know that you couldn’t have
Last night
You are that stranger
That leapt out of my sleep
Could someone wake me up?
I have slept for two decades
I want to go home.
~
(Lagos 9/10/18)
