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Poem: A Poet Dreams

By Dr. Archan Mehta

If you were to ask me:

Why do you dream?

I would have to respond:

Why, I don’t know for sure.

I can’t explain it logically,

Rationally, but I dream anyway.

Unapologetically, without your permission.

I am not concerned

If the masses find that weird.

So what?

I will dream anyway.

A young lady, who discovered

My habit, called me a

Freak of nature and ran away.

So be it: I will dream.

I may fall silent or I may scream.

This is only a dream, my dream.

I don’t owe you an explanation,

So don’t expect one.

You will be disappointed,

I warn you, so 

Mind your own business:

By the way, please and thank you,

To be polite, but let me dream.

I dream and enter a no man’s land.

But I demand solitude and silence.

I want to be left alone, so

That I can dream. I promise

I will bring you no trouble.

I mean you no harm. I am,

After all, a man of goodwill,

A cultured person, a gentleman.

But leave me alone,

So I can dream.

If I am struck by an idea,

Suddenly and unexpectedly,

I promise to leave your gas

Station, convenience store,

Restaurant, hotel, etc.

I may retire to a forest,

Jungle, park or garden,

So I can dream

In splendid isolation.

I may choose to sing

Without disturbing the peace,

But I will dream.

After all, dreaming

Sure beats our ugly

Reality hands down:

Dollar for dollar,

Euro for euro,

Rupee for rupee,

And pound for pound.

I tilt my head towards

The sky and I start to dream.

I can make excuses to dream.

No problems. No issues.

No worries. No pressures.

Stay away from me, 

Please, so that I can dream.

And don’t expect me

To be normal else

I will loudly scream.

I am engaged to my dream.

By the way, just for your

Kind information, normality

Is overrated and mediocrity

Is a virtue in the world of today.

So let me avoid the crowds,

Mobs and herds because

I want to dream.

Please don’t create

Obstacles for me.

Please don’t manipulate

The narrative.

Please don’t gossip and

Spread rumors and say,

For example, that I

Am a crazy person.

I wish to enter this

Inferno of nothingness:

This void pleases me

And I like oblivion.

I wish to remain obscure,

Irrelevant, almost as

If I don’t even exist.

I am prepared to do almost

Anything, so I can dream.

I don’t want to be a

Productive and contributing

Member of society, for I

Prefer to dream. I don’t

Want to be responsible,

Accountable, respectable,

And an adult. I prefer to

Be like a child who dreams.

I have no goal to reach,

I have nothing to buy or sell,

I just believe in my dream.

I have trust in my dream.

I am a man of faith,

So I dream: it takes a

Leap of faith to dream.

I dropped out of society,

A long time ago:

Consumerism, capitalism,

Materialism, ownership,

Privatization, hoarding,

Showing off, etc.

Seemed rather 

Vulgar to me.

No, thank you.

I have few needs

And I know how

To live within

My means, so I

Have the freedom to dream.

When I dream,

I can walk on water,

I can bring the

Dead back to life,

I can nurture babies and

Show them a good time,

Release a caged bird 

Into the vast, open sky,

I can persuade a turtle

To emerge from it shell,

And provide solace

To a grieving widow.

When I dream,

I am able to rid

Our planet of

Weapons of mass destruction,

I can restore the balance

Of nature and prevent

Diseases and pandemics,

I am able to prevent

Natural disasters,

And the mass slaughter

Of innocent lives,

I can help a little,

Old lady cross

The street and 

Carry her groceries

And deliver her 

To her home,

Safe and sound.

I dream to restore

Eyes to the blind,

Cure those who are sick,

Suck the poison out of

A patient suffering

From terminal cancer,

And feed our starving

World with loaves,

Fishes, mangoes, honey,

Sweets, and smoothies.

I can be good and noble

And selfless only

In my dreams.

I can make this world

A better place only

If I am allowed to dream.

So, you wild things,

Why don’t you spare

A moment to dream?

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Dr. Archan Mehta has earned a PhD. in Management. Currently, Dr. Mehta is a Freelance Writer and Consultant based in India. Over the years, Dr. Mehta’s creative work has been featured in numerous publications in India, U.K., USA, South Africa and the Middle East. In his free time, Dr. Mehta likes to stroll in the outdoors, party with close friends, listen to music and stay on top of current events. Dr. Mehta is also fond of meditation. Please feel free to reach out to Dr. Mehta at