I Wish I Could Be Water
I sit atop this rock, balanced above the falls
Watching the water, it leaps and dances
Tumbles past me and drops into the space below
It has no fear, no angst, no hesitation
I wish I could be water
The water sparkles, sunlight like a diamond face
Bright, almost happy that it will jump
A joy, a desire to flow down, and onwards
It seems to want to seek a future
I wish I could be water
This force flowing past me
Such energy, such power
Such direction, it has surety
Each drop together with another
I wish I could be water
What it would be to journey for a lifetime with another
A desire, a dream I have lost
Like this stream it fell through my fingers
I could not hold it
I wish I could be water
My eyes look down and follow the river’s course
These splashes racing by don’t see this
They have not a care
What it must be to live so
I wish I could be water
It is time to leave this place, this rock, this point of view
I let my hand fall briefly to touch the passing stream
It is cold, unfeeling, no emotions
No soul, just a carrier of life
Perhaps I am like water
2016
Copyright © Graham Bentley | Year Posted 2021
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