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Dream

I had a dream last night

   A dream of cool

   A dream of light

   A dream of glee

   Of sweet delight

I had a dream last night

   Beauty divine

   Touching the soul

   Holy design

   Devoid of dole

I had a dream last night

   Of fatherly love

   Of heavenly bliss

   Of guilt bereft

   All plight amiss

I had a dream last night

   Of laughter full

   And no regrets

   No sense of time

   No loss, no debts

I had a dream last night

And blessed was the stroke

Alas, 'twas too short

To a nightmare I woke

Tonight I'll dream again

Of joys we do not share

Of those who are not us

Of that which is not there

Tonight I'll dream again

And let the spirit fly

Enjoy the flight I will

Mine's not to reason why

Tonight I'll dream again

What a break from bleak life

Like pausing a lost game

Postponing a doomed strife

Tonight I'll dream again...

Aah! Enough of this nonsense

Dreams are to show a way

Not seal in, like a fence

So yes! I'll dream again

It's good to know what's good

Tomorrow when I rise

I'll do the things I should

As morrows come and go

I'll make my dreams come true

Whenever I lose sight

Dream again I will do

And there will come a day

To relinquish the theme

To let go of the time

And be born to the dream.

Raman Ramsin

2006

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