"Journal 20"

Influences shaped Kumar's life.
Banks do to a stream.
And like a stream he went to lower ground always:
"they push against sharp turnings and after years they change," like
banks do. To a stream,
Forward is the only truth.
They push against sharp turnings.  And after years, they change.  Like
streams, he reflects some light and yet we can see into it.
Forward is the only truth,
yet he exists where he was gone, as do all
streams.  He reflects some light, and yet we can see into it: 
he has a bank inside and through and under him,
yet he exists.  Where he has gone, as do all,
he changes it, it changes him.
He has a bank inside and throughand under him.
Influences shaped Kumar's life.