In a dream I am alive <br />Sometimes laughing and sometimes crying <br />Who is that who is wide awake? <br />And who is that who is sleeping? <br /> <br />Are dreams just another fantasy <br />My mind telling me fibs <br />So real is the fear from a nightmare when I awaken <br />My heart pounding against my ribs <br /> <br />What is a dream can anyone tell me <br />A reality or an illusion <br />A memory of a long lost past <br />Or of an event is it a premonition? <br /> <br />My happiest dreams are those in which <br />I’m weightless and I can fly <br />In frightful dreams I’m deep in peril caught <br />And can not escape no matter how hard I try <br /> <br />The worst dream of all however is that <br />Of an exam not attended <br />The subject was always mathematics <br />That which I always dreaded <br /> <br />In my dream I argue with myself <br />And try to come to my senses <br />I’m in the exam hall so vividly <br />Searching my place among the benches <br /> <br />The question paper I look in horror <br />With fear I begin to hiccup <br />It’s a dream I know for sure <br />All I need to do is wake up <br /> <br />In my dream I somehow realize <br />I already have secured my degree <br />Almost everyone is scared of exams <br />What a relief it was I’m sure you’ll agree! <br /> <br />I awaken from my slumber <br />And sit and think for a while <br />It was only a dream and not for real <br />I thank my stars and smile <br /> <br />If a dream could feel so real <br />Then what about this Creation? <br />Is it Ultimate Reality? <br />Or is it just another Illusion? <br /> <br />Existence is the only truth <br />Life’s not real as is does seem <br />Reality is in another realm <br />I am now living within a dream <br /> <br />This dream vanishes when I awaken <br />It lasts as long as I sleep <br />I enter everlasting light on death <br />This hope in my heart I keep <br /> <br />11.07.2009<br /><br />Bindu Vidyadhar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/living-in-a-dream-4/
