A Picture of a Thought

Look at the sea:
Its waves and ripples
Disturb a thin layer
Which is virtually nothing
Compared to depth of waters.

So is the people.
Those nasty years
Have just perturbed
The shallow places,
Whereas the depths
Are regulated
By their own currents
That can not be seen
From surface tides.

Those blessed persons
That are aware
Of their silent motion
Are called the kings and leaders.
Not the sailors
Who struggle against the waves
Or use their power
To drag them to the port
To trade.

                1992


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