A Dream Of Reality Poem by Kesav Venkat Easwaran

A Dream Of Reality

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I had a dream short
yesternight
wherein I saw
something of mine-
my life,
full of a craze,
those sights,
them I gaze
were they of mine?

A junction
of love and hatred-
from there a lane
leads to a sheltered place;
a pavement there,
a heap of mud near
a plant over there,
my desire,
I had planted
with you together

Underneath,
it was dry
there I saw your mind
unwilling to water,
soil unsaturated,
thirst not satiated,
expectations
high of mine
seen crumbled
out fallen lying

My desire plant
shedding dry leaves-
teardrops
waterless!

My short dream thus...

Thursday, April 17, 2008
Topic(s) of this poem: desire,hope
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
A long poem on life. Symbolic. It whispers more than it shouts...
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Stacey Watts 19 October 2009

Dreams are a beautiful thing until more often than not reality creeps. Excellent job.

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a sad dream of reality...of unmet desires...of disappointments...i love re-reading this poem..the rhythm...nice shades of words u have

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Ashraful Musaddeq 05 June 2009

Touching… reality and dreams... deep and nice… Brilliant composition,10+++

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Ana Zaldivar 30 May 2009

lovely poem with a nice flow of words. I like it very much.. thnks for sharing: D

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Emily Core 30 May 2009

wow love it but i don`t dream at night only in the day but a dream is a dream

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 11 March 2020

A poem of great depth. Deeply poignant and touching. Sometimes the things we dream about could never be materialized due to unwillingness of parties to cooperate.

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Sreelekha Premjit 11 February 2012

nice poem.. the reality of crumbled dreams is brought out beautifully.

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Ejaz Khan 09 December 2009

You certainly have great ideas and know the art of presentation, very beautiful and captivating write!

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Patti Masterman 02 December 2009

Nice thoughts in here. Your ideas seem so original, and your writing's always fresh.

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rago rago 06 November 2009

a dream of reality is well said........also thank yu for your kind rememberance...

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