A SIMPLE LIFE

His is a simple life,

like a stone sitting
in the midst of a field,
a flowing river,

a single star lost in the sky.

He never knows

any scientific fact about anything,

and never thinks thoughts

that are new or breathtaking.

He just sits silently
among the blossoms

of the universe,
moves easily
like a shy stream,

or a star that loves

where it is.