Patterns

Crystalline waves gaze wistfully

At fluid laughter floating through

glasses bubbling orange and red,

Reflected sunlight seems to be reflective tonight;

Solemn rays of the last light

Seem to be profound

It is an exercise wasted on some,

And some laugh drily,

Acknowledging kinship;

Billions of light years away,

Something gazes back

Unknown,

As unfulfilled,

Fragile as a dream;

Beautiful as a star from afar.

© Geetakshi Arora

March 3, 2014