STaYING AWAKE

He woke up from a deep slumber
He coughed, he wheezed and then he finally breathed
A whiff of freedom, an inhalation of possibilities
37 years had elapsed within a blink of an eye

He looked around in the city of 3500
Could not find an awakened being
Everyone attached to the system that kept them alive enough
Promising them a bright future while it sucked them dry

He waited patiently, hoping someone would stir
The World they lived in was breaking down on a tear 
The omens were everywhere if one cared to look
He pleaded in person and cajoled them in his prayers

Not one seemed to understand the predicament they were in
Misery was all around mocking and taunting them to rise and slay its offsprings
For indifference was her progeny and inequality were her heir

He ran around like a madman extolling them asunder, praying silently
He cried “Let me get into my pod so I can go back to sleep”
Once awoken its never easy as the spirits haunt you
So brick by by brick he started to build plans for things he wanted

One day he saw her, the most beautiful of them all
Kei - a woman dripping with inspiration and beauty
Ingenuous, concerned, a fearless independent mind
Cupid struck and he fell head over heels

Their union was brief, fleeting moments in the ocean of eternity
The impression on him however was everlasting
Her sweet breath staying with him like the mountain breeze

He thinks, he builds, he uses his skills
He slowly reconstructs his universe by the strength of his will
He no longer worries on who stays or leaves
All he wants is to be, and see her again before he sleeps.