final passage

across the water
on a lonely spot
with the sky for company
water for a friend

he watches from this vantage point

day after day
week after week

watching them enter
to a world full of hope
ambitions unfulfilled
a world ruled by paper

watching them leave
leave behind memories
memories of a blissful life
weighed down with materialistic greed.

day after day
night after night
pendulum of balance swinging to the other side

minute after minute
hour after hour
pendulum of greed stuck to this side

he watches
he waits

day after day
week after week

burdened by the greed above
reaching out to none below

he waits

for the eternal strike to his final passage
across the lake to the other side