A lucid blessing
Uma Maheshwari 1993 (Secunderabad)
I had a dream within a dream
I was sailing over a forlorn river stream
Below I see my flaccid body, wanting to scream!
In a trance akin to a fugue and pellucid state,
Limp and paralyzed with low self-esteem
As no sound resonates, I curse my aphasic fate.
My mind breaks into a silent shout,
This dream that set a bout of fear and trepidation.
My body and soul blames me for being undevout,
As I faintly discern the ghoulish apparition.
It’s something so lucid, yet I fly unsettled,
That static presence may be my delusion.
Bewildered if It’s a dream or have I deceased,
Once an atheist, I pray to cease this illusion of confusion.
As astonishing as it may be,
The dark entity turns vivid, godly and luminous.
A frail and old dame I see,
Her smile so comforting, familiar and lustrous.
She brushes her lip to my cheek,
That feeling so heart stirring and delicate.
Amma ? Overwhelmed I speak,
O this surreal feeling so accurate.
My omnipresent guardian angel,
My grandma, caresses me and chases away my fears,
This dream within a dream so fulfilling.
From the aphotic to photic and godly it reshapes,
Through an ocean of dark, an optimistic mind is always winning.
As I embrace my beloved Amma, she dissipates into the milky white drapes.
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Written on December 20, 2021
Submitted by umzz.567 on December 20, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,244 |
Words | 250 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4, 8, 6 |
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