Dreams Poem by Niki Nicholas Nkuna

Dreams took me to places I have been before
And places that are a mirage in dream and reality
And places that will come a time for me to set foot in
And those places that will remain many dreams to come
Dreams and dreams, days and places that never come to pass

I dreamed of wealth and poverty
Paradise and hell,
Roads that twist and turn, rise and decent
And fall flat like smoke
Dreams that are like winter and summer
Those that bring more food and empty plates
Like big and small trees that all grow but which can never be equal
The great ones touch the sky and feel God’s fervour welcome and wrath

I dreamed having horns that stick and stump
Half a time I lost the fight and regret my mistake when I come to light
Many a time I knew what I could have done
And half a time I never did the right things
Many a time I felt ashamed by the turn of light
Felt like a coward and never tell the dream
Half a time I did the right things and felt proud to tell the dream
Half a time bad things happen to me
‘Cause I never knew how to prevent them in my flat state

I messed myself up, my pride wore thin thus I never can tell the dream
Half a time good things happen to me in the dream
I grew horns of smoke and proudly told the dream
Half a time I saw myself in heaven and earth
My heart broke on both sides of the planet
‘Cause I saw my siblings and friends,
Smiling happily and crying unhappily
Like children they never say ‘Yes’ and ‘No’
And I never knew, never know what to do
I had to think for them, or tell the dream and hope for decipher
NN 4 November 2012