The Streamlet and the Ocean

Emerged from the mountain high

The little streamlet sprang with joy

To take the path not taken by all

Decided the rivulet young and small.

The rock but stood so firm and rough

To obstruct the way with intruding stuff

The streamlet was truely consistent though

Somewhere wide and somewhere narrow

Sometimes found dry and dead

And sometimes with a rising bed

Slow but steady was the sway

Sparkling bright all the way

Met some more to be big and bigger

Dancing and singing loud and louder.

The streamlet took the forbidden path 

To grow and flow with all that it hath

And months and years passed

The spirit could never be crashed

The streamlet that became a river later

Presented the ocean with all its water

The ocean that was larger and deeper

Embraced and confined the darling forever