Sonnet On Philosophy.Sonnet 13

Philosophical Sonnets13. The Changing River (Heraclitus and Cosmic Flux)I step into the river’s rushing cool,But current shifts before my foot is set.The swirling waters mock the stubborn fool,Who thinks a frozen moment can be met.For nature is a fire, bright and wild,That lives by dying, changing every hour;The ancient elder was a birthing child,The rotting leaf was once a blooming flower.We crave a stable rock on which to stand,And curse the waves that sweep our world away.Yet tension holds the fabric of the land,And out of conflict comes the light of day.You cannot touch the same deep river twice,For change is life, and stillness is but ice.