A Thought by Rachel Thomas

A thought occurred to me today
that I recognized once more.
I watched it pass through and go on its way
as all the times before.

Sometimes it’s a comforting thought
in all its familiarity
though as often as it came, I still could not
quite place what it meant to me.

One day it came, I hoped to stay,
and allow me to explore,
but instead it quietly floated away
and came my way no more.