Run River

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Run is agile,

moves earth,

strides capture the length of land

follow expansive pace;

spirals into pools of crystal

transparent hair string shape together,

into light mass

granules of fluid enter extremities,

she screams rapid with mist,

and fuses with debris

woodland poking at her curves,

roots bury their struggle in her liquid constitution,

ground revels in her violence

she thrashes with indifference

yet, her heart pumps shape into landscape

without asking

young foraging water

wants to pound,

fluid body make new paths,

an aggressive maker

is the inconsiderate elegance of moving,

and she

speaks sounds when streaming

low lying river

thrust

enmesh with gapping rock-bed,

push water muscle

foam and cuss

persist like mad living

vein a passage

water chiseling images of time,

be an ongoing picture

before you blend with ocean

and no longer sit in mind,

Run is a river,

liberating herself in action,

calm are her finger tips

as

she gestures life in,

films of fluid

glaze pebbles,

and

invite a young girl

to look down into aquatic stone

the girl’s body is flat with youth,

dressed neatly,

all she’s ever known is city.

Her body aches

from what seems like Run’s journey

her name is River,

named by her unusual parents

she left home

searching name

her title left dead,

hanging on school paper arbitrarily,

teachers repeatedly call “River” forward

and in their repetition she asked,

“what is my name, what is my title?”

River’s eyes fill with mosaic colour,

from the aquatic stone.

Run has ran her distance;

River met her at her stillness

Run’s water power exerted

and,

youth that lies beyond water

feels Run’s quiet hurting,

both bodies pain in desire,

Run & River hear each other’s call,

River peels off socks

tip toes into shallow water,

curls feet to pebbles

absorbs jagged experience,

palms squeeze erosion,

and she is able to feel Run’s journey.

River strums at her reflection,

and  submerges in shallow water.

 

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