how we try to attach a name
to a human who’ll change
like trying to stick a label
on a situation in flux
trying to cram a soul
inside a selfie cage
like trying to slap a sticker
on a surface covered in dust
how we wonder why the good moments
turn into the most painful times
like we forget our most painful moments
will change into a better life
if we’re strong enough to accept the pain
without denying it, without grasping it, without fear
to let it come, to let it go, so we can grow, so life will flow
that moment moving into this moment
breathing out an old thought by breathing in the new
how we try to define our lives
with one moment caught in one memory
like trying to yell stop
to a river falling gently so relentlessly to the sea
heat flow 