Knowledge and behavior
relate and connect to each other in numerous ways,
but their connection is not direct,
nor guaranteed.
When the scale unbalances,
the ripples extend beyond the water’s edge.

Knowledge, thought, reasoning,
have always tipped the scale unbalanced for me,
casting waves upon the shoreline
drenching the stubborn human on the shore
who does not move out of the wave’s path.

But now is the time for change.
Now is the time to move my feet
around in the sand,
listening to and understanding the water
and responding to it.

Now is the time to shift the scale
back into balance.