Thought-Waves

Waves

I run after waves

They run away from me

On the dreamy shore of mind

So many waves I find

I join my palms, a cup I make

And into my lap the waves I take

This and that wave

Known, unknown

I select I reject 

Own, disown 

I keep safe some

Some i keep away from

I cling onto it 

I fling it away

I adore it

I abhor it

Wave will not stay

Wave will go away

Wave cannot be kept

Everything like jetsam - away from it - is swept

 In a moment it will overwhelm

For a moment it will last

In a moment it will overcome

In a moment it will be past

I tire in the pursuit of elusive waves

And from their clutches I cannot myself save

I am caught in their fishing net

I cannot catch them with my wishing net

Stop this futile programme altogether 

Why bother them and why to gather

At ease, with peace I lay still

Do nothing till

The waves come down at me and I get thrown

Away, I float, I flow, I sink, I drown

The foamy kiss of the beating splatter

The loamy pull of the retreating waters

It is exhilarating

It is liberating

I leave the wave I let the wave

They were never mine to have

They came they went

I earned I spent