“Drops from the Ocean”
A Poetic Monologue
I often wonder…
What does it mean to read?
To truly read?
A writer writes with a soul’s whisper,
A perspective etched in ink—
But I, the reader,
I search with yearning eyes,
Knowing well
I can never hold every thought they birthed,
Every silence they sowed between the lines.
Literature—
It is a vast, infinite ocean.
And I?
I gather drops.
Tiny, trembling drops in my palm—
Drops of wonder, of wisdom,
Of truth dressed in fiction,
Of pain hidden in poetry.
But there are days…
Oh, there are days
When I feel like I haven’t even touched the water.
As if all my reading, all my seeking,
Has left me dry.
Anxious.
Inadequate.
And yet—
In that aching moment,
A quiet turning begins.
The soul leans closer.
The heart opens wider.
And I realize—
This emptiness is not the end.
It is the beginning.
A sacred pause before the next dive.
A readiness to collect not just drops,
But to drink with love,
With reverence.
For what I collect may be few,
But if gathered with love,
They are enough.