Holding on one's needs

 One need old wisdom
 confirming used images
 well known border lines.
 Fishes enjoy pond's limit
 dreaming of wide open sky.

 One need repetition
 fitting into known framework
 ensured steps ahead.
 No stars as guides are vital
 frog will find way back to pond.

 One need one's outlook
 fixed on common worthwhile goals
 stabilized view points.
 Well defended turtle's walk
 even able leaving ground.

 One need to be moved
 stagnation will kill esteem
 growing does it all.
 Forced into copulation
 tomcat goes beyond himself.

 One need exhaustion
 letting go old ways of life
 surprising oneself.
 Salmons swimming against streams
 dying before born again.

 One need open space
 exploring expirations
 related reactions.
 Well known books to be explored
 written out of cloudy dreams.

 One need...

 BeiYin
 10. 2. 00


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