Subj :  Maya (a Poem)
To   : All
From : Rachel L. Akers
Date : Wed Nov 29 2000 12:27 am

                                Maya

                A dream can be fearful or joyful.
                It can seem to contain a past from which we run
                It can seem to portend a future, which we dread
                We can go to school and learn about the world
                Study it and fill ourselves with knowledge
                It is only a dream

                We can cling to the past in the dream.
                We can anticipate the joys for which we hope
                We can plan ahead for what must be coming
                Or consider the things we think we have learned
                And still it is we never seem to notice
                It is only a dream.

                A dream may seem to have a cast of characters
                And we seem to be ourselves in the scene
                But each of these beings is the same
                Including the one we think we are
                They and we are only characters in a dream
                It is only a dream

                Are any in the fantasy real? Are we real ourselves?
                The ones we seem to fear
                The ones we seem to love
                Are they and we a part of the dreamer?
                Or are none more than a moving picture show
                Illusion and phantasm
                It is only a dream

                
                                        ROBIN GOODFELLOW

                                        November 2, 2000
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