I Want To Be A Raindrop In The Vast Ocean Poem by Shane Dickie

I want to be a Raindrop in the vast ocean,
I molecule floating in the sea,
I want to be a fiery proton
On the surface of the sun,
I want to not want,
And yet to be free,
And not encumbered
By my own consciousness,
Trapped in the limited sensory
Of my mind where even happy thoughts
And joy are themselves subtle slaves,
Life does not have to be all,
It is a temporary burden of responsibility,
Which will be passed onto the newborns,
I have been drunk on the air of life
When it has fed my lungs,
I have eaten the bread of friendship,
And have gorged on its food,
I have tasted the sweet rains of summer,
What more do I need to experience,
Life is but a bursting soap bubble
In the bath of the cosmos