Life-A Dream Poem by Mou Mukherjee Das

Life is a long winding dream.
Dreams that share its space-
with stark, dark realities.
Of unexpected twists,
Of entangled plots,
seemingly oblivious-
of the suddenness lurking beneath.
Of shattered hopes,
Of battered confidence,
Unconsciously fooled-
by the blows of fate.
Of suspected innocence,
Of reasonless humiliations,
Mysteriously crucified-
by the cruelties of human nature.
Of meaningless notions,
Of complex simplicities,
Fanatically misjudged-
by the false, inflated egos.

Life is ALL-
in this claustrophobic world
But not a dream,
which every man would feel-
like living up to.