In this water that life comes
Sustains and grows, yet perishes
If you are dipped in,
The worst when the earth
Beneath takes you in.
Behold the river, the streams
And flows, they capture
The grandeur and tricks you in.
When the feet sense
The touch, it’s cool.
It’s cooler to sink and float.
Yet you get the chills
Once it’s up to your mouth.
Your throat's drowned,
You've voice no more.
Will that ferry fetch me?
No! I am just a picture
Of floating eyes and nose.
Here and there a fish bite,
Might have been ticklish
But not when you’re breathless.
There from a long branch
A peacock stares at me.
I would have shared the same
If only a hope had been in me.
Shall these hands raise
To invite undesirable attention?
No! Powerless, strengthless,
Here I am at this horizon,
Scared to feel my last breath.
As long as the toe stands
I shall hold on.
