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A Dream - shad Zaman

I have a dream

a dream not for name

a dream, not for fame

But a dream to be a loner.

a loner who wants to get away from the crowd.

Not the crowd of living beings

But the crowd of cruelty, hatred, sadism, selfishness.

I want to feel, to express, to say

I don’t want to feel for others

but I want to feel with others

I want to be a sentient.

Why this earth is getting phlegmatic

Why people are getting eccentric

Is it that difficult to be normal?

If a man can live with animal for million years

Why can’t he live with more of himself.

Why people have become caustic

Why so much of vandalism

Could you tell me?

I have a dream

a dream not for name

a dream not for fame

But a dream to see this earth be lucid

But a dream to see people with mirth.

People who can feel, who can trust, who can love

Can you find them?

I have a dream

a dream not for name

a dream not for fame

But a dream to share peace, to share happiness

To be able to wipe off tears of others

To be able to bring smile on their faces.

I am not a savant, neither a priest

Nor I want to be

I want to be a loner;

A loner who can feel, can express, who can say.