The drive for peace and
Calm, a tranquil dream, steady
A sure reflection
In the smooth surface
Free of turbulent water
The still pool, stagnant
A captured image
Like the spirit, fixed in film
Frozen expression
A denial, of life
Of the constancy of change
Perpetual change
Struggle for meaning
To find truth, wisdom, knowledge
To hold it like sand
Water in the hand
Slipping fast through the fingers
Like fog in the desert
Let us celebrate
The confusing universe
Lucid creation
The urge to control
To shape it into order
Predictable, sure
A vision of peace
We dream of futilities
Tantalus reaching
For the sacred fruit
For our lost humanity
The dregs in the grail
