Thoughts Poem by Shruti Goswami

No longer do my thoughts take a dip in the raw ether of emotions
But float like they never ever belonged to me
And I did never try to hold on to them desperately
Like one keeps priceless treasures under the safety
Of thousand locks and keys.

I sit and ponder of what became
Of the numerous thoughts that once possessed
The very essence of my living and breathing
I spread out like a sea beach
Where the thoughts strike and recede
And I lie there, silent, with equanimity.

Like a lover's song that fade away slowly but surely
As time flows like an undercurrent of emotions
Taking with it those thoughts that once drowned heart and soul
And all that remains is the dry sand of the beach
When the tides recede.

The red and purple hue of the sunset
Had often coloured those very thoughts
And like the dark night those colours have faded
Slowly from the overburdened mind.

I wait and watch while the thoughts come and go
Expectations fall behind like a train
Leaving behind the platform for its journey
For another thought to occupy the mind
For another unknown destination.