--- title: To be continued date: 2009-10-02T13:14:02Z modified: 2023-07-24T15:34:56Z permalink: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/to-be-continued/" type: post status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 855 categories: - Life Poems featured_image: "https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/tobecontinued.jpg" author: Praveen Kumar timestamp: 2023-07-24T15:34:56Z tags: - Life Poems --- it’s been a quiet night so far![tobecontinued](http://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/tobecontinued.jpg "tobecontinued") uneventful, plenty of silence broken only by the occasional sounds of the cricket chirping; a long time indeed since i stayed awake till the early morning, 4am to be precise, sleep is the last thing that is on my mind try as much as possible, my eyes refused to close; my mind, like a clock, keeps thinking a lot of things from the silliest to the bizarre, from the good moments to the bad moments and even scripting “what if” and “if only” scenarios in my life; as the cold morning breeze played havoc with my senses, gently trying to disrupt my thought process and put my mind to rest, i tried to stay alive and keep it going; with the dawn slowly approaching and my destination still a [long distance](https://www.poetryoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/distance-love.md) away, i needed to keep my senses sharp and not overwhelm it with the “to be forgotten past”, as the future is still waiting to be born, the protest of the mind is quelled down, only to be continued later… ——————————————————————— written while travelling…