dazed dots

we welcomed a lackluster summer,
wanting sights and sounds,
startled by a paradigm of bits and pieces,
humans trying to get stronger in leaps and bounds.
myriads of thoughts danced in my head ceaselessly,
trying not to fall asleep when it rained,
sipping piping hot coffee,
ruminating on the animals chained.

the guitar piling up dust in the drawing room was strummed every morning.
for the first time in months, the patio wasn't empty.
park never looked so untrodden.
love breathed in abundance.

we allowed our minds to saunter.
minds seized by cellphones.

i grew accustomed to smiling at tetchy Mrs. D'Souza across the hallway,
tirelessly searching for her lost gemstones.
no end to my family's chaotic idiocy,
wishing we were hallucinating,
eardrums craved to tether this lunacy.
yet,
love did breathe in abundance

                         - Isha