Unbroken Dream Poem by Usman Hanif

neither i woke up
nor did i sleep
i realized that
i was in a dream

the dead were alive
the alive were buried
the buried all cried
and the crying were humans
their heads had tumors
what they did...
they ripped the earth apart
they let the destruction start
the sun ceased to gleam
and i realized that
i was in a dream

the earth was collapsed
like a fragment i was trapped
and coming out of nowhere
i saw that beam
and i realized that
i was in a dream

when you realize that
you are in a dream
you break that dream

but i was in the falling debris
of that earth, falling free
but i didn't wake up
i kept on noting down the scheme
'cause i realized that
i was in a dream...

29-12-2007