Insanity

My mind quizzed me I became insane Thrashed by the hopes of yesterday Vanished dreams embraced me Gulped down by the qualms of tomorrow Swam through the ruthlessness of life With my head buried in anguish of past failures Hail those that broke through Hail those that challenged the status quo Hail the heroes of our past I'm challenged by horrors of times of yore Dark images with no flesh I see Foaming beings with blue eyes they sail Shadows feature in my dreams Nocturnal beings toyed with my feelings Toothless ghost smiled at me I was swallowed by my fear By the inscrutabilities of life Alas! My fears are over I no more walk in the market square With my pants used as head gear Ancestors our village Libations were poured to you from the calabash But you refused to accept food and drinks Am I insane again? Or is my mind quizzing me Why am I wondering in the wilderness of my past? Or has my brain been twisted again Why am I dreaming yet again? Or has the toothless ghost been made to smile at me once more Am insane, but not in the asylum I walk among our people With lost hope and cracked dreams With lots of questions on my mind Don't look at me with your naked eyes Just with the eyes you can't see me But I’m not invincible Insanity reigns in my blood *Sat*22nd Sept*2012*