birth at the bottom

death at the top

mingling and growing in the middle

an endless ceaseless merciless reordering

inside a closed container

drips cannot steer

they can however join or be forced

to meld

most float all around 

nearer now to life

nearer now to death

the buddha says life is like a river

and

watching a river, I think I understand

But you really need to focus on the corners and the riffles

for detritus

for flotsam

to regress and go against

then, short of a trap,

only for a short while

while we float in one direction

we are tricked again

just like that time

A lava lamp is a better analogy

all one at the extremes

the buddha isn't perfect 

like a river or a lava lamp