I live on dreams

I live on dreams
Hopes and dreams
Food and drinks
Are all for the beasts
Nothing elses, nothing else
But hopes and dreams
I live on dreams.

I kept on moving
To reach too far
In the midst, left many
To find no tar
(But the) journey was yielding
Learned new things
Now, hit me harder
Am used to the pings.

I am so sad
That time is bad
I try and fail
Lost what I had
But not the vision
My goals and mission
I know I am to win
There is no confusion.

To my friend, 'K'

Almost I got there

Almost I got it

It was too close to me

I was too close to it

Thought it belonged to me

And felt on cloud 9

Always believed it was mine.

But as usual

It happens everytime

So, it happened again

And I missed it

I lost it

I saw it going away

Wished it 'd come back

To me

I prayed it would

But it did not.

I felt very bad about it

No, I was not afraid of

Losing it

I just wanted not to be a 'loser'

Not to be rejected again

Now, I can laugh at it

But when I had lost it

I guess, I was crying.

Nobody could see it

Except my this friend

Who had just sensed it

Though did not say a word

I recall

He was discreetly looking at me

From the corners of his eyes

He was so helpless

And could not do much

So, he kept mum.

It was my 40th interview

To get that coveted job.