Nightmares Poem by Emmanuel Oluwatoyosi Abikoye

Sleeping on my own bed is now a burden,
Because I don't know what might happen again overnight,
Just a nap, I'm in another world,
Not a soothing one but the one that frightens my soul and body.

Who will take me out of this nightmare?
As I am gradually losing my sanity,
Everyday I wake up sweating profusely like an athlete who just concluded a fifty kilometre race.
And my heart pounding as a pestle pounds its mortal.

Mààmí was advised to take me to Bàba Ọlọ́mọwẹ́wẹ́,
Perhaps he'll find a solution to my predicament.
Bàba keep touching my head with his gourd as if he was trying to look into my skull,
Chants and incantations became my playlist for days but all to no avail.

Maybe a day will come when all of these will end,
Maybe a night will come when I won't have to worry about seeing terrible things,
But till then, I have accepted this as my reality.

©TheSonOfABK