Do you dream

Hendrik Botha
Oct 4, 2020

Do you dream in your natal tongue

Or do you dream none

Do you dream in the dark

Or do you dream of the shame;

Is it of your deep desires, or former timers

Why never of inner calm and oneness

Why never of the shadow’s wholeness

Do you dream in another’s tongue

Or do you dream in misconceptions

Do you desire in the light of day

Or do you dream of the honor;

Is it of your fears, or futures

Why never of war and exaltation

Why never of the sow’s dissemination

Do you dream of me

Or do you dream of a stranger

Do you crave all the while

Or do you dream of a rapture;

Is it from your resentment, or presented

Why never of bosoms and doff

Why never of the King’s scoff

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Hendrik Botha

For lapses in a past life my vocation is in education management; am now creating poetry for self-expression, meaning-making, social commentary and motivation