Trees In Dreams

Last night, perhaps the mid-night
I dreamed a dream which I ain’t able to write
But still I try to cite:
I found you and me in the woods
Only you and me, no other goods!

We wished to live together here forever
We sighed: Would God do us this favour?
The sky got tear, a fairy appeared in white-wear
She came close to us and whispered in our ears:
“God has shown instant mercy on you,
Now you two can live here too!”
We two, couldn’t understand why she said “too!”
But we didn’t care
We were happy that God respected our prayer
It happens rare that lovers live together forever!


We used to welcome and good-bye the sun
With smiles, hands waving and some fun!
In between the trees, we used to run
But sometimes, besides us trees also used to run
We were afraid of the movements
But the only solution was consolation through embracements!

I used to comb your hair
You used to sleep in my arms
Seeing you asleep, I used to whisper in your ears:
“You look so cute, innocent and calm.”
But once it happened I saw through the trick
For listening to my love-words,
You pretended to asleep like a tired kid!
Yeah (sigh), it was so romantic and yet realistic
Every flower, every happiness, we together used to pick
Seeing nests, we thought to build a home of brick
But we were afraid of His kick
Since these trees were enough to stick!

Years passed by, but still we remained shy
We were always true, in love why to lie?
We were overwhelmed by the abundance of blisses!
So many blisses, even more than we made kisses!
We can’t count kisses, so how can the blisses?


We were often surprised we are the only ones here?
Often thinking logically where have we here?
Why was the rest of the world not there?
But there were no replies!
And we remained mysterious about the carved trees!
These trees made us forget all the queries and miseries
In favour of all this: no logics, no theories!


Then a day came when it rained
Sky sent us a saint
He bellowed in our ears:
“You are about to dry,You are about to die!”
You got horrified, I got terrified
Simultaneously, we turned mad and sad
What about our prayer of living together forever
God turned back from His words? No, never!
The final day for this life came
The love we made here can never range
Love remains same, only appearances change!
Now we have become the trees
Like all the other humans who wished to live together forever!
He turned back from His words? No, never!
Love remains the same, only appearances change!
We still are lovers, lovers together, together forever!
Now, we see another “we” in the same woods
They run, and besides them, we also run
They are also confused, but don’t abuse
One day, after facing the final day,
They will also become trees
And these trees will become more thick
More inviting as an ideal place to live together,
Ideal place to stick together forever….

August 3 2005