Fool's Errand

Deplete the reason.
Make the mind go wanting
in a whorl of  feeling-
the great unknown-

like the water rushing and spinning
toward the opening
of a funnel,
ready to syphon every drop
of kindness
from the day,

only to discover
the velvet comfort
of soothing words
that bypass logic
and the ways letters
find cruel paths
to make the strong
stumble and stutter
on a fool's errand

near the place
we always bargain
with joy.