Boulders rounded by the ravages of time;
Sinewy sluices weave down the valley floor.
I taste the cold crystal waters
and cherish all I have.
The diminishing of special places
is what scares me most right now.
And the river brings me life,
brings the sense of urgency
as it rises with the melting […]
There are waves that do not move,
the waters passing through them
I would ride;
Take me, but allow me to survive,
and in surviving my soul can come alive.
Oh river bathe me,
save me,
make me realize what I can be!
Oh river heal me,
steal me,
leave me feeling […]
This canyon
this night
I dare not call this dance
of reflected moonlight
a shimmering of light.
The waters swirl and eddy,
ephemeral and aware.
I take the moment’s
passion
and breathe in this crisp night air.
A mother moon watches over us,
and dances on the water.
A mother moon whose […]
Faintly,
I weep within.
Not for pain or emotions
or even for love;
but for that which is to come.
I weep within
knowing a journey’s end
will take me right back
to where we began.
But does not the journey
onward go?
I smile, faintly, within.
The journey doesn’t end
[…]
Somewhere,
People would call this a Tuesday night.
Or is it Wednesday?
I don’t really know or care,
for I’ve found a place that has given new
meaning to this concept of time.
Day, night, moonlight.
A current flowing past.
Such are the measures of time in this place.
Brisk, cool waters that sustain us,
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