(An allegorical poem about life during and after covid)
Le Reve
By Suraj Bhatia
I woke up from a dream today!
Robin Redbreast still afloat
On the Washington Hawthorne Tree
The strawberry fields were stark and sun kissed
By Millstone River stream
The Three Amigos barked out loud
To see their passing friends
The Valley of flowers strayed below
Brown heads swaying in the breeze
And Hyon stood like a crossing guard
Proudly, holding up tight
But then I saw the background grey
Forlorn and so sad
Humans pulled up in the lot
Plastics in their hands
I felt the fields go up in flames
The river in a murk
The dogs, they still barked out loud
But more and more in pain
Hyon collapsed with all the muck
Carbon’s footprints impaled
And Robin on her prickly perch
Sat and watched it all !
I woke up from a dream today !
copyright: Suraj Bhatia, 2020
“Was it a vision or waking dream”
-Keats-
We all write to taste life twice,
In the moment and in retrospect.
-Arian Nina-