Gathering thoughts means to prepare oneself for a difficult task or event. According to Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, gathering one’s thoughts is a way to prepare oneself for a difficult task. On the other hand, according to Urban Dictionary, gathering one’s thoughts means to take time for oneself after a disturbing event and to get one’s mind back in order. In a situation where a person is dealing with a breakup, they may ask someone to leave them alone and give them time to collect their thoughts

moments of questions lead us to moments of wonderment, and such moments direct us to further questions

minute events lead to hourly events, furthering the questions throughout the days, weeks, months, and years

moving us to places in a desperate search for answers that will never be fulfilling. As a result, the place we once gathered for assistance becomes the greater question that we never trully thought off