Free Like Water

Water wants only to be free,

It flows to the sea

And it takes many a river

To finally deliver

That subject of songs

To where it truly belongs.

But Water is not free,

And surely you can see

That despite what it ought

Water only does naught

But go with the flow

Which goes from high to low

And Water knows it’s not free,

But still it can not flee

For when it tries,

To no one’s surprise

Once its in motion

It flows to the ocean.

So Water tries again to be free,

Through attempting to be

Flexible and strong

With its friends coming along

And with time they will erode

And carve their own road

But still Water is not free,

And surely you’d agree

For though the route is its own

The destination is known

And to turn again requires power

Which it loses by the hour

And still Water is not free,

For power is no guarantee

Of a path for which it’d rejoice

For that it must make a choice

And its power is often deflected

To dam itself when misdirected

But for now Water is free,

Along the next mile or three

For though it is stuck on one way

It was a path it deemed okay

And better to choose how it would fall

Than to choose nothing at all