water under the bridge

a poem inspired by the Tao Te Ching

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i am a force of nature

beyond control

free-flowing and powerful

guided by the slow pull of gravity

all i demand is truth

depth for roots to grow

struggle under the pressure

or float on easy grace

each wave

all the drops of rain

pouring into those places

most of us fear to go

but i am never afraid to change

i am mutable

and so, i am unstoppable

and i shape the entire world

i mean so many things

to so many different people

serene and sorrowful

sybaritic, supercilious, and sublunar

stratospheric, steamy, stentorian

salubrious, sybilline

universal

known by all

believed by some

impossible to be told