Dream Within A Dream (After Ea Poe) Poem by Josh Mitteldorf

Accept this promise from my heart!
Your soul from mine shall never part
Exploring, venturing from the chart -
Seeking, chasing Atman's beam
Knowing it is but a dream;
Beyond imagination's scope
A future humbling faith and hope
Relinquish visions, open wide
To possibilities untried.
All that we may know or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand astride the ocean's roar
Caress its wide, luxuriant shore
And I hold within my hand
A single grain of golden sand -
Ephemeral symbol of the small
Fairy dust, a crystal ball
And microcosm of the All.
In awe! as I release my grasp
And find my hands in prayerful clasp
In awe! And full surrender, brave
I join the overarching wave,
Thinking: all we know or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.