Current
July 26, 2020
This year we stay close
Avoid travel by swimming
In the river where it bends
And there are calm pools
Safe from storm-swollen current
I like to find a spot
Right where water
Strikes large rocks
Lay my head back
And let the water flow
Past and stare at the sky
Gently turning a smooth stone
Between my fingers
The sound blocking out
Every other sensation
I want to go with the water
Travel the whole way
And disappear into the limitless
Expanse of wave and salt and riptide
I want to follow it back
Find the source
Cup crystal streams in my hands
Drink deep while it is still pure
But I am contained
In this moment
To this bend in the river
Surrounded
Resisting
Feeling the edges smooth
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