I built a life,

Meticulously,

One layer at a time, …

Pictures,

Too evoke calmness.

Smooth blending patterns, …

It is not loneliness,

That is unpleasant,

But being alone, …

Today I can see,

How some dreams,

Were only ideas, …

Losing one’s shoe,

Is really not so bad,

When so easily, …

Endeavors change,

As the years pass.

Today I crave to live, …

There are days I too float,

Feeling light and carefree.

They are ordinary days, …

Sometimes I wonder,

If I too,

Am not like a leaf, …

It is only now,

That I clearly see,

How few things, …

If I had to relive,

Parts of my life,

I’d choose those childhood days, …

As my years pass,

I am thankful to know,

Someone is beside me, …

It is the layers,

I strive to unwind,

In search of the colors, …

Memories,

Of days gone by,

Left behind, …

Perhaps life was simpler,

In earlier times.

Or maybe it is my mind, …

Now looking back,

On time passed,

It is the thoughts, …

Wrinkles,

Greying hair,

An understanding stare. …

It is the waves,

Under orange skies,

That crash on me, …

Yesterday dragged by...
Like a folded table,
Closed and alone, …

When colors coalesce,

Answers appear clear,

No more questions remain, …

In this ever-crowded world,

Even when surrounded by family,

Friends or those we don't know, …