Revisiting Dreams Poem by Ruta Mohapatra

She lies on her side and listens
A sweet voice sings about dreams

It seems ages and ages
When she had thick dark tresses

Life was so full of promises
The future so full of dreams

The dreams of innocent youth
Still lurking in her heart's recesses

Come floating back to the surface
Flooding her from senses to senses

She touches each one of them
Now so faded, so colourless

None of them came true
None will ever come true

But the old song like a true friend
Touched her with soft caresses