Songs of Anisha
Give the sun her light
and this cradle of life her freedom.
In this darkness of the sun
let some reason return.
“A Journey Into Madness,”
by ‘Kego Onyido
This descent to the abyss
Is not at all an unwelcome state
For my senses have never known peace such as this
It is but a fitting fate
For a mind drugged for ages with unhappiness
It did not come suddenly in a flash
My journey was like the welcomed approach of sleepiness
It came gently, gently, none too harsh
An exciting spiral through a dark tunnel
Like a pretty twister forming an earth’s funnel
With no beginning and no end
No surprising turn or bend
Just an eternity of free flying motion
With the whispering winds
Blowing away at the wings
Of my unsung sanity
I will stay here and close my eyes for a while
And journey on, a thousand and a mile
Until I forget all my nightmares
And the crippling fear disappears.
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