INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUNG SALMON: A pelagic plea

	It is already calling you - 
	the ancient allure of the sea.

	Trace the rivers of your consciousness 
	to return to the marine deep.

	Do not stagnate in tiny pools 
	or dally in mountain streams.

	You were born to journey 
	and venture where waters are deep.

	Let yourself pass beyond shallow ponds, 
	surmounting impediments that arise.

	Swim a bit further each day, 
	without worrying how far the goal is away.

	Soon enough, in the ripeness of time,
	you'll move beyond all rivers,
	& notice salty currents 
	& cool, ocean brine.


Jules: 	 You know, I think this guy half-believes in a sort of mystical simplicity.

Andrei:  Most people cherish such myths.

Philyra: Make no mistake, this dude yearns fer an epiphany, but his intellect holds him back.

Andrei:  This poem is too damn crypto-, mumbo-, (shaking his head) Argh!

Ellesha: Shhh – too many words: better move on. . .


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from _Let the waters be my witness: Messages about our watery world_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A poem, digital image, and conversation about arcane aspirations and esoteric nonsense.
KEYWORDS: primal instincts, evolution of consciousness, oceanic awareness, mystic nonsense

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 2005 in Tokyo, Japan / Finished: 2016 in Xīn-Táiběi, Taiwan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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DEUTSCH:  http://www.tnewfields.info/de/ergebnis.htm
ESPAÑOL:  http://www.tnewfields.info/es/corri.htm
FRANÇAIS: http://www.tnewfields.info/fr/jets.htm
NIHONGO:  http://www.tnewfields.info/jp/seijuku.htm