Things become thoughts <br /> <br />& trying to find <br /> <br />words to hold them <br /> <br />(my mind fumbles <br /> <br />a sieve <br />trying to understand <br />water) <br /> <br />thoughts become things <br />again <br /> <br />the useless husks of words <br />scattered to the wind.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sieve-trying-to-understand-water/