Drift Kindly

Flooded mind, a heart filled with ache

Sometimes a troubled mind just needs a damn break

Long enough to wander or wonder at all

Long enough to realize you’re more than a product of the fall

Long enough to catch glimpses of nature serene

Long enough to call forth natures magic once unseen

My eyes catch the river, now almost bursting the bank

The current busy pulling up treasures once sank

I see twigs slide down the river, disappearing around the bend

Looking on as my bent mind tries harder to pretend

That roots and rocks and trees breath deep

Just one more bend and then maybe I’ll sleep

Misty river lies and these eyes won’t be fooled

Deep breath,  an unfulfilling sigh,

Cause when I get back I know I’ll be ruled

Ruled by expectation, searching for congratulations, always out of reach

By circumstance we dance the dance that we should never again teach

Paddle left, now right, not too deep, or the oar will be lost

That boat’s giving rides but I tell ya’ it’s not worth the cost

Just who you are, what you love, and even how you speak

And they haven’t quite realized that their boat’s sprung a leak

Sinking faster, the water is now approaching their chin

Yet the danger doesn’t even phase their fake plastic grin

“Everything will be fine if we kick another from our ride”

Not quite able to admit they really feel nothing but dead inside

No, you’re better off as the twig, just drifting along

 joining with turtles, frogs and birds in song

Still we will all surely get there, big water is ahead

But don’t rush the journey, drift kindly instead