DECIDUOUS DREAMS
My dreams are in free fall.
This year I have not sat beside
My bedroom windowpanes
To watch the autumn winds rise.
Fall is visible along the side lanes;
The winds whip and wound.
The leaves wear a sorrowful look.
Soon they will all drift down
With spasms but without a shriek,
Caught in the currents of the breeze.
My heart skips a beat as it realises
That each leaf was part of its dream.
Soon the leaves will all be gone,
And with them, my dreams.
Like a tree in mourning,
I will have lost my regal allure.
I will be like a tarnished star
That has lost all its shine.
After a pause, though, spring will arrive —
And my dreams will bloom in rose.
Pramod Rastogi is an Emeritus Professor at the EPFL, Switzerland. He is a poet, academician, researcher, author of nine scientific books, and a former Editor-in-chief (1999-2019) of the international scientific journal, Optics and Lasers in Engineering. He was an honorary Professor at the IIT Delhi between 2000 and 2004. He was a guest Professor at the IIT Gandhinagar between 2019 and 2023. He is presently an honorary adjunct Professor at the IIT Jammu.
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