Beleaguered past rued in rushes br Hopped to stops at some gushes br Sparkled swank vague tomorrows br Fertile buds withered to harrows br br Torn up bits, blown in vain br Engraved as fate, time and again br Suffer the pain, a gradual fade br yield to downers nature's made br br Lives be doomed to a futile end? br What the buzz on great men then? br No lofty cheers for the run we ran br Fade, concede; the best we can? br br Make do present in hope to find br Fleeting bits to a picture bind br Clutching flotsam left behind br Sore is the body, numb the mind br br Soaring values, driving dreams br Weathered now, fuzzy at seams br Searching pieces wrenched away br Most our lives; don't have a say br br Head long leapt in the roiling fray br Sunken toiled, at the pew to pray br Love's flair Care and truth. br Soiled trains and choir's myth br br Loved and told, utopian tales. br Suffered miseries, driven nails. br Sun now shines! O' make your hay br stack up yum an heap your tray br br Here an there, chased livid blue. br Clank of swords and purring mew. br Life shrieks, "Murders at the Rue" br Grip and sip the "Ravenesque" stew br br (Islamabad) br (Oct 07, ,2009) br br ** Dedicted to the memory of one of the great poets (Edgar Allan Poe) br (died October 7,1849 …disagreement on exact date) br br "Dreams"—Oh! that my young life were a lasting dream! first appeared in the Baltimore North American, the same year his first book Tamerlane and Other Poems was published, at his own expense.