Today the thoughts run rampant through my head
they’re naughty children with nothing to do
until I decide to take them on a road trip
The drive’s surprisingly quiet and uneventful
as they sit in the backseat with headphones
moody music flowing through their ears
only acting up when I slow down
to park at our destination
As my thoughts and I hop out of the car
I study a deserted landscape of frozen sand
while they run off to play hide and seek,
leaving me with the sound of my heart
I observe a distant power plant
minuscule and insignificant
its smokestacks exuding exhaust
over nature’s beach of ice
And I feel my eyes well up
As I watch the steam drift
lazily towards the sun
before fading away
into soundless
nonexistence
