A Better Place by Olatubosun David

A man never rests

Except for the Sabbath of toil

And peace is no peace

When devoid of violence

Earth - a paradise of gloom

Where light shines darkness

And the sun blazes fire

The night is never tired

Despite the gleam of the luminous eye

No song is sweetly sang

To heal a wounded spirit

Except for solace in the requiem

That ties my humble soul

To the memory of the loved ones

I desire a better place

And indeed a better country

Where no sun shines

Nor the moonlight

To dispel the gloom of the night

I desire a better place

Where neither the season

Nor time and tide count

A place where singers never sing

To mourn or eulogize the dead

For night and all its blues

Are rolled far away

The place where day and night are equal

For the night is day and day is the night

That's the place I long to be

Olatubosun David is a Nigerian writer and poet. He is a member of PEN, Nigeria Centre. A graduate of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State (2013), he currently works in Achievers University, Owo. Ondo State, Nigeria. He is on Twitter @davidolatubosun.