On Waking Up
Woke up from sleep
With a start
Those beautiful dreams
Faded away
In an instant
Looked around
In the sheets on the pillow
On the walls
For a trace of them
Even a tiny one
Everything was lost
In the closed eyes
Of soulless night
Except the world as it was
With it’s bittersweet memories
Mostly bitter sour and salty
With a hint of sweetness
So faint
Could have been imagined
By an overtly optimistic mind
Though everything was there
Everything that was not there
Was not there
When I had closed my mind
To fall asleep
Last night
©️ShashikantDudhgaonkar
