ONCE UPON A DREAM

ONCE UPON A DREAM

By Jaya Hari Das

Have you ever seen that flower

That blooms among the forests of me?

Should it be my blood turned into the green?

Despite of all my needs, nothing but a seed?

Have you ever heard that sound?

Once upon a time, once upon a dream...

Should it be a cry or should it be a scream?

Laughters of my joy or cries of my sin?

Have you ever heard that call

That crumbles under my own feet?

Should it be a song I never dared to sing?

Echoes of my voice calling from a pit?

Have you ever seen that light

That curls around the shadows of the wind?

Should it be a puzzle or should it be a grin?

Flashes of a life you have never seen?

Have you ever read that message

That sails in a bottle through the sea?

Should it be a sneeze or should it be a plea?

Perhaps, the last order for toasts and tea?

Have you ever climbed that mountain

That rouses the wrath of God as a pin?

Should it be my teeth or should it be a fin?

In heaven or in hell, no matter where in...?