As the river’s still moving beside us
let it in our eyes, even as they’re closed
and when we blink let the water fall from
rocks, grass, dirt, debris, detritus, seeds, fluff
then pool at my feet, kneel and fill your mouth
still we river, same body never same
song, instead we listen for new streams
come into me, fill, be emptied, and flow
toward an open ocean wide and waiting
same salinity as blood and tears we
float, weightless on waves without wreckage
every piece we lose, we become new
And find pearls to wear for men and women
To touch the swells in our minds, how they last