Dream

Dream
P K Routray
Edited by P Gaan

A disguised fulfillment of repressed wishes results in a dream, it is told.
Also from anxiety, fear, past impressions and thoughts, extreme dreams may unfold.
Let us leave it for psychologists to define and determine,
We are here talking of dreams generally fine.
We mean and use “Dream” for the beautiful and the best.
Like dream land, dream girl dream home and dreams of parents.
We term fulfillment of our highest aspiration as a dream come true in life
At times we daydream to achieve something without any strife.
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An artist dreams, he creates master piece printing with his brush and paint
A musician dreams and puts the best tune of a song in his musical instrument.
A poet dreams and through poems he articulates his emotion,
Children dream of fairy tales, students dream to be sitting for examination.
Some religions speak; God dreamt and created us with earth, water fire, sky and air,
He added other creatures, , plants and animals among them to take care.
Some dreams are called night mare always dreaded very much
They represent horror disaster and despair with unfulfilled desires as such.
While floating in dreams with joy and bliss,
Suddenly we wake up with interruption of a damsel’s kiss.
From pinnacle of pleasure and aplenty,
We fall suddenly down to ground reality.
We cherish the sweet memories for some time,
Then forget and fail to recollect their glorious chime.
We cry and pray for relief when caught in agony of a night mare.
We manage to wake up, after helpless struggle and humblest prayer.
We curse our near and dear ones for our cry, which they did not hear.
Sometimes a sorcerer is called in to drive away the evil spirit forever.
Dreams at times are taken as omens for good or bad things to happen in future,
Faith and superstition guide us as to whether to perform a task or to defer.
While dreaming we laugh and cry with sound and tears in eye,
Also while in sleep even we walk physically or try to fly.
After a while we forget the incident and feel it as hallucination,
If one remembers and writes about one’s dream, it will be a voluminous as well as hilarious narration.
If they can be painted with emotion and feelings as encountered
They will be good study materials for psychologists like Jung and Freud
If we compare dream life with the real one,
They look same except the time span.
Look at your past, it looks like a dream
All are only mirages created by Him.