Bounce

Bouncing back and forth,

Searching for a place to be still,

Searching for some quiet,

At distance from everything else.

But, a push on the butt,

Seizes away any chance to settle.

Sending back to where it all began.

Bounce, bounce

Bounce, bounce

Bounce, bounce

Panting for breath, wondering

"How did this back and forth start?"

But many moments of thought,

Bring no recollections.

Probably was always bouncing,

From the moment of birth.

Wait!

Wait!

Wait!

A memory strikes.

Up, down

Up, down

Up, down

"Oh yes! There was that time,

Far worse than now."

Though every up was better than the down,

Wounds of the previous down remained,

Anxeity of the next down surfaced.

Thus, the joy of the up not felt

"Oh! I prefer the back and forth 

To the up and down.

Here, only movement exists.

No time for thought.

There, only thought exists.

Movement's always better than thought.

So, let me stop the search, 

For quiet, peace, aloneness.

Let me go back and then forth

Back

Forth

Back

Forth

Back

Fourth

Fifth

Sixth

Seventh

Eighth

Nineth

Tenth...