Water Wheel

Water Wheel

Water paddle by paddle over the wheel
Paddles compelled, compelling in turn
Water, wheel, pool to stream
Stream to path to woods
To love.

Is to want
Want to should
Should to rising is
Love is, is, want, should, all those
Paddles turned as is, want, should became a flood

Flood rose the wheel turned until flaw turned the flow
Flawed stream compelled should-not
Should-not compelled want-not
Want-not is is-not

The wheel is still
Is is thirsting for wants
Is alone compels no wants no shoulds
The winter forest is filled with withered husks of shoulds
The wheel lies still.