five fishermen
have finished
and they pack their catch
but seem to have lost something

for when the leader
lines up all five men
he can only count four
and so does each man
counting the others in a line

“Oh, no!
One in our team is lost!”
they moan
and though
they search high and low
search in the sky and in rabbit holes
search the oceans and in countries far and wide
the fifth man is not found

then comes a child
and offers to find the fifth man
and the child lines them up
and counts clearly to five
and the five men celebrate
the wisdom of the child

and thus it is, Punsara,
that we seek wisdom and truth
when it is always there
and there is nothing to be discovered