A NEW DAWN By Rooma Mehra When dreams are done and the night stretches on Murdered moments, minutes, hours but the night stretches on.. Dragging feet trying to escape - Nothing – tags along – heavy Memories erased, so long ago but – nothing – tags along – heavy Covered an inch, a foot, a step and dawn is miles away on the other side of the mountain Dawn is m i l e s away Fall, lie back, conjure up a vision but memories have been erased When the end began its stumbling journey All memories were erased Get up, go, another step The night must be spent Dawn lies at the end of night The night must be spent Give up, surrender to the night within but sleep is blanked out past The day is miles, mountains away and sleep is blanked out past Draw an illusion with heartburn on the canvas of the night But ashes mingle with ashes on the canvas of the night Night falls heavy on lidless eyes Glowing embers from the fire within Look into a mirror to see two suns Glowing embers from the fire within And a dawn is born from the ashes of dreams…