The Next Dream

Each thought is a wrapping around a quick silver ‘I’.

An ancient hypnosis weaves a specious trap,

That blindly identifies with this fugitive ‘I’.

This ‘I’ that arises conditioned by the past,

A self generated software program

Masquerading as the real person.

This ‘I’ that arises a dream in each mind moment,

Yet successfully propagates itself as being true.

 

Yet, beyond this ‘I’ is glimpsed the infinite sky,

Blue with the Beloved’s touch.

A borderless shoreless vast

Where the lover and the Beloved consummate and become one.

Beyond this ‘I’ the nightmare ends

And the eyes open to the rapturous Dreamer

Who is constantly becoming the dream.

Momentarily the dream is absorbed in the Dreamer

And only a tranquil sweetness remains…

…until meeting the demand of the play it gets pulled into the next dream.

- Anahita Sanjana (India)

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  1. DR. SUDEVI BASU28 December 2024 at 18:04

    Excellent touch and awesome feelings captivated very well..... what an end and a fabulous start to the new year. Please do share many more beautiful works in future.
    Thanks for sharing Anahita ji

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  2. Anonymous29 December 2024 at 12:10

    It is the longing of a poet that what she glimpses and tries to capture in words reaches and resonates with the reader's heart. Then her joy in the poem is doubled. Thank you very much Sudeviji for doubling my joy!
    Anahita

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