River God

I found peace on a river, once

Floating calm, the birds my guide

No shipwrecks to avoid

No provisions to buy

Found but not kept

For snaking rivers end in teeth

And that one ends beneath...

Over the falls, there I fell

Falling, drowning in mid air

Tall rock standing stoic

Empty reasonless stare

How hard it is

To keep what's found! Futile notion

To float without motion...

To float and never drown

Like hearing silenced sound

Still, occasionally at night

Passing between the deep voids

I feel the distant hope

Of some alien joy

Heaving a sigh,

Forgetting what's behind, what's left

For to learn foreign tongues,

To learn to re-invest;

This will be the real test