Nothingness

I had a dream

I remember it.

Someone called my name

Asake, asake, asake

I looked around me

It was void

I continued my journey to the land of nothingness

I heard the voice again

Asake, asake, asake

This time I answered

Then there was no reply

Maybe a dream murderer

In fear, I started walking fast

Walking fast to the land of nothingness

Asake where are you going to?

The voice asked

It was as that of my grandmother

But she was long dead

Long cremated and thrown into the sea

Notwithstanding, I answered

I am going to the land of nothingness

Suddenly night went, Day came

The sun burnt my feet as I walked

I began to long for slippers.

there is no slippers in the land of nothingness

in fact the land of nothingness had nothing

why do you go there

I saw the old woman as she asked

She was dressed in black mourning gown

She wasn’t my grandma

Her back was bent in a hunch

She held a walking stick to support her movement

Don’t go there she warned

You could come back mourning

But no one would mourn for you

I ignored her

The old were not wise as they seemed

I continued my journey

All the luxury I would receive in the land of nothingness

The ground became a dessert

And there was no water

I could turn back but I kept walking to the land of nothingness

Then I reached there and knocked

The door was opened

I saw young women my age

They were dressed in fancy clothes

I looked at my clothes and dreaded my appearance

They gave clothes

I wore them to the parties in the land of nothingness

I made myself believe I was one of them

I partied and had fun

I drank and smoked

I ate and ate

I lived a luxurious life

I lied to everyone

But I couldn’t lie to my heart not even in nothingness

Then there was a famine in nothingness

The trends dropped

So did the food and water

I wanted to cry

We dressed in rags

I wished I had listened to the old woman

I wished I hadn’t lied to myself

Years had gone,

I wanted to go back home

But when I looked in the mirror

I was but invisible

I had changed

I had changed in the land of nothingness

Then I had woken up

It was all dream

I promised to always listen to my conscience

The only person who would mourn for me

After I became bad

But I wasn’t going to be bad

Because I wasn’t going back to nothingness