Reality

My reality
Is fluttering
All around me
In bits
And pieces
Of the present
In moods
In moments
In faces
And thoughts
In places
On things
Spiralling about
Through the past
Those numbed regrets
And memories
With people
Both near
And dear
And strangers
And fears
Swimming past nostalgia
Like butterflies or fireflies
Chewing up childish laughters
Taking a dive
To the future
Of dreams
And hopes
And more fears
Covered in acceptance of inevitability
Racing through the uncertain tides
With determined strides
Wishing for an escape
My reality
Is a chaotic array
Of impossibilities