Stream of consciousness

i would rather be a stream

than an ocean

carries too many stories

contains too many places 

but a stream knows where it is headed

and even when there is nothing left

or just a drop

amongst the rocks

it does not lay basking and lazy

like a lake

or flow disruptive and angry

like a river

a stream will find a way

to feed you or guide you

say this is the way forward

and eventually 

it will become an ocean anyway

in its own time

and so i would rather be a stream