Consciousness,

My night consciousness,

Where do you leave me

When I sleep at night

When other mysterious dramas unfold?

 

I shall no more permit you

My waking consciousness,

To drop me dead like lead on my bed.

Tonight I shall not be content

With ephemeral pleasures

I shall cling with you

So we can sail together to worlds

Beyond this world.

 

Be my guide at night

As you have been to me in the day

Faithful companion of awareness

Forsake me not

In this world of sleep

Where I shall perceive life

With new eyes.

 

Kwami Nyamidie