A Country Awake At Midnight

No one slept that night, for every citizen had donated their eyes to their Television sets as their eager ears grew progressively bigger on either side of their burdened heads...On his wedding night, being a total unknown in the nation's political circles and at the age of 22, in a country where no one less than 50 had ever become President, he appeared on the nation's leading TV news channel, and announced that he would run for the presidency in 12 years and become the President every patriotic citizen had dreamed about for generations. Defying the norm and moving against danger and real fears, Gabriel ran for President as he had promised on this unique Election Day. Earlier on the red letter day, the people of this nation had defied the rains, hissed at the heat of the sun and queued up in historical numbers to vote. Now it was night and as midnight approached, sleep was pushed to the borders of the nation by the hands of patriotism and banned from re-entry by desire. The sockets of human eyes ran towards the edges as the souls of men yearned for a new day; their hearts within their bodies longed for change and their spirits groaned from the pains of ill governance. Now the voting was complete and the results were set to be announced at midnight - the country was wide awake