Midnights stream
With oppressive silence
Thoughts start to rise
Rampaging across
A cluttered mind
Scenes of betrayal
Deceit play out
Felt unfair
Losses and routs
In those bleak
Moments in life
Fantasies provide
Vengeance and clout
They run and rerun
In a fragile mind
Trying its best
To try and unwind
Fantasies are fantasies
Never reaching end
As one’s midway
A new one begins
Tired with the running
One tries to sleep
But there’s no sleep
For a rudderless mind
It keeps on bobbing
In the midnights stream
©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
