Amar Gautam

You dream with your eyes closed,
With a blissful smile on your face,
Alone.
But in the company of friends,
In a dream would.
 
But there are times,
When you dream,
With open eyes,
Open mind,
And an open heart,
You see,
There are things you can’t see,
You can only feel them,
The breeze,
Betraying its presence in resulting leaves,
The fragrance of flowers,
Wafting gently to you,
The warmth of [...]

“What shall I do?”
aksed my teen-aged friend,
“Shall I attack when I am attacked?,
Shall I raise a loud cry…
when things do not please me?
Oh! Shall I bear the heavy cross…
so silent and mute?,
So that the world could learn to bear!””My friend”, quote I,
“You asked a little question
Yet to distant and deep
lies the answer for a mortal [...]