Be like water!

Be like water!

Don't resist

Just go with the flow

There will be rapids

There will be falls

Finally there will be a calm deep River

And someday will merge with the deepest ocean

Don't burn

Just steam away when hot

Only to condense later when cool

Don't shiver

Just freeze 

And become bigger than what you are

Have a surface 

And much more depth beneath

Don't deprive 

Just quench the thirst

When overwhelmed

Become a tsunami 

Show your power and take the debris with you To hide it deep down and clean up the shore

Don't care

Just do your dance 

Like a fall, like a wave

Like ripples , like rain

The eyes of the observers

 Will take what they deserve

Don't accept the dirt

Just wash it off 

Or let it settle

And come clean

Like you always were

Don't simmer

Just sparkle in sun

Just shine in the moonlight

Shine like the brightest diamond

And feel precious like you are one!

Jaya Sonkar MD MPH

8.26.2020