LIFELESS

Looking out at night

I see the night sky

As lonely as the man

Who is sitting by the riverside

His eyes, so lifeless

Like the pale moonlight

His gaze, so unturned

Like the pole star’s sight

Looking out at midnight

I see the dark river

As thoughtless as the man

By the river bed

His mind so numb

As the ripples of the water

His beats so strong

Like the waves of the ocean

Looking out at dawn

I see the man

Who walks to the river

And leaps in like the moon,

that descends to the sea.