Night Poem by Sayeed Abubakar

Never darkness came so profound on earth.
There is no day here, only night prevails.
Our eyes see nothing but the blind night's mirth
Everywhere. Our deep dark sick mind now fails

To remember the memory of light.
Had ever the sun risen here? The moon
Brightened ever the ugly face of night?
In fear again and again our eyes swoon.

The maddened dogs bark, the hungry lions roar,
The ugly ravens crow and the vultures
Flap their agitated wings at our door;

We lose our sense in darkness, lose our thought
And feelings. When we get back sense, we seek
Something serious but we don't know what.