Nightmare

Nightmare
 
Its half past midnight
So dark except for the moon light
Walking through ‘can see graves afar
Looking up ‘can perceive the nebula neath a star
 
The air’s filled with a horrible atmosphere
Isolation and fear possesses the earth’s sphere
The vegetation’s dominated by deadly arbour
All these I perceive at this witching hour of horror.
 
As I proceed, the air gets hazy
Sense a creature afar and I get pacy
I took a close look
Not long how long it took.
 
Hear the sound of nocturnal creepers
Totter left ‘n’ right, a thorny branch hooked my zippers
Seems like unleashing the contents of Pandora’s Box
Behold I perceive a ferocious fox.
 
Think I see this creature again
A chimera, I try to make the best bargain
Run eastward as fast as I can
Seems to catch ‘spite the pace I ran.
 
I run southward which seems an advantage
Must escape this barbarous savage
But then in sight I see a creeping creature
Out of a graveyard I assumed a pasture.
 
Then I’m attacked by this ferocious beast
I surrender myself a wholesome feast
Look downwards and I see nothing but doom
Ah! It was a dream I heaved as I woke in my room.
 
Composed by Seun Oke on 5th October 2005.