Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Ghazal of Dreams

Grandma says, let not a person be shaken awake too suddenly,
In his haste to return, he lose himself in a no-man’s land ‘tween two worlds

In unfolding a man’s weaknesses, the mind only bares in dreams
what reality dresses up, too ashamed of itself to unbutton and see

The escaped soul flies free from the weight of the body
Before Wakefulness jerks it back by it’s thread, crashing

Is sleep not a promise of Death’s eventuality?
When it comes, life itself will be but a waking dream

Remember dear fazidah, what you see behind shuttered eyes
For it is your soul’s secret whisper to you- in the quiet of night

6 Comments:

Blogger Pat Paulk said...

Reality cloaked in the surrealism of neither here, nor there. Very good stuff Medusa!!

10:27 PM  
Blogger Plus Ultra said...

Wow, Your Ghazals are as good if not better than Alfian's....

7:21 AM  
Blogger dsnake1 said...

medusa,
a beautiful and thoughtful piece of writing.

that's medusa in a poetic mood. :)

10:34 PM  
Blogger floots said...

love this
especially that final stanza
thank you

2:46 PM  
Blogger Medusa aka expiringpoet said...

Pat,
Thank You! Glad you liked it ! :))

Kian Seng,
I try my best...hee..hee..!

Annie,
Nice of you to drop by :)

dsnake,
yeah, my very rare...once in a blue moon, poetic mood! hah!

floots,
thank you Sir!

3:24 PM  
Blogger J. Andrew Lockhart said...

This is really nice!

10:34 PM  

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