The Dream Lover Poem by CHINWENWA IBEH

He slept off because he was so tipsy.
Deep in his dream, it was not easy.
Very hard for him fighting against his heart.
For something he can not really start.
Because he knows he is only a dream lover.
Dreaming for what he could only ponder.
He went on and on dreaming.
Aloud screaming,
Though no one could hear him.
Because his voice was very slim.
So he woke up feeling so tired.
Like a man who have wrestled for hours.

He is a dream lover.
Dreamt on ways he could get her.
Cause he saw how beautiful,
How elegant,
How sensual she looks.
But as dream lover he knows.
There is nothing he could show
So he will lose.
And wouldn’t even come close.

He is a dream lover
The dream lover
Who could only ponder?
And that kept him bothered.
They felt for him.
Just how suddenly he has become slim.

She is everything he needs.
In his dream, he gave her a bead
To mark as a bond
That will take them beyond,
The love he dreamt about.
There is no doubt.
He is a dream lover.
Like any other,
He didn’t really end
So up from his bed,
He went outside
Lay by the tree and turn on his right side.
Lo and behold, he imagined again.
How beautiful, how elegant and how sensual.
She could be under the rain.

So form the stream of sleep,
His face with tears he has wept.
A mystery to him
He couldn’t find what it seems.
Is it a dream?
He screams.
Screamed so loud.
So loud.

Oh!
The dream lover.
Who could only ponder?
Over and over again.