Alphabet Meditation Verses: I

I have a rock to cling to
in the raging river of life:
it’s simply my experience in
each moment, sans the strife

of trying to control things,
caring so much how they go,
like holding a spoon to the rapids
to try to change the flow

or leaving my rock to help someone
who seems to need me to
or to catch a fish, as if
it matters so much what I do.

The water rushes on its
complex journey all around.
I can let it, staying on my rock,
or meddle, flail, and drown.