MAGICIAN I

MAGICIAN I

He opens his bag
Unfolds his table
And lays down his cards
He will sell me a dream
If I have some change

I buy a dream
And he hands me a card
And the card is blank
What is this, I say

A dream it is
Like any other
If you close your eyes
You will see it
In full color

I sigh and walk away
Disappointed
Then you see
I woke up
And realized
I was dreaming

What are we but
A dream within a dream
Within a dream
Within a dream

And life itself
Is but a dream
Somewhere between our birth
And the eventual
Demise

Sometimes reality
Is what we dream of
Sometimes
It is a nightmare
We have created
While chasing our dreams

M. N. R.
24 OCTOBER 2018