Adrift

Alone, adrift on the pond at the mercy of the currents and wind;
to what will be its final end.

Combined with many, strength, protection, given to flight;
alone on the pond it loses its might.

A slow drift by, then gone from sight;

a lone feather,  no longer to soar in the freedom of flight.

Goose feather, adrift on the pond;

complex simplicity.