Dreams Lost In Water
 

[CENTER][FONT=Book Antiqua][SIZE=3][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]No distance ever separates[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Dreams and desires[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]No mirror ever dissolves[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Reflection and water[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]In one's eye[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]What graph would you make[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Of lines of thought? [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]The triangle of pain[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Is without any angle[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Countless races[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Have dreams alike[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]But sleep and night-watch[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Are never the same! [/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Names are forgotten[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Codes alone come to mind[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]In nuclear setups[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Dreams of radiant generations[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Are smitten[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]By atomic explosions[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Cities sink[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Nuclei dissipate[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Orbits dwindle[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]What remains [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Are terra and sol[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]In the dance of death[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]God is a casualty.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]A moment of brightness[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]In a light year[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Breaking into smithereens[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]In a million eons[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]An accident - yes[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]But not an event [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]History is continuity[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Broken once [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Telescopic eyes, tired out, give up[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Their distance watching[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Lost planets[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Bygone epoches[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Have no interposition.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Who will look for[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Flowers[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]In spring-fresh hands[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Of tiny tots? [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Who will see[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Dreams[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]In eyes-yours and mine[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]In centuries to be? [/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]No one is sure[/FONT][/COLOR]
[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Arial]Of things lost in water! [/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]
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Naseer Ahmed Nasir [/FONT][/COLOR]