I See Only Thought Clouds And, Not People Poem by Bashyam Narayanan

I do not see people
But I see only bunch of
Thought clouds
In different shapes
Colours and volume
A sage declared
While addressing a gathering

He was elaborating
That these clouds
Keeps changing very fast
In their dimensions and shades
Indicating the swiftly changing
Thought processes
In the human mind

He added your thoughts only
Seed your words and trigger
Your actions

I would rather attempt to identify people
By not what they talk
By not what they act
By not what they look
Only by what they think

Civilized living
Had trained us and taught us
Not to talk what all we think
And not to act on what all we say

The gap is widening
To the extent that
Though thoughtful
We cover up our original thoughts
With sweetened phrases
And with pleasing-others actions

He was in a hurry to add
That you are what you think
And you are not what you do
Nor what you say
So I see only thought clouds
In crowds
Not people

Do not but ask me
Whether you know what others think
I must say, I do not know
It is my enlarged vision
Which sees only the cloud
Not its content

These thought clouds
If they are similar
It gives the gathering a much larger strength
Than what you can imagine
And it has great energy

That is why I advocate
In large gatherings
Nurse great and noble thoughts
Which have potential
To serve the communities
With all required strengths
And wisdom to perform
For a common good cause

I see only thought clouds and, not people