this is how far we have come
as children dissolving candies, taboos
& toothless rules
in the murmuring creek, the waters —
swivel ancestral pathways & back
into our shanty
& scrub the dirt off our skins.

reaching face of days
we have not seen
we call something dreams
we cling on to & soon forsake memories
that sailed us here.
yet, it is this river we bring home
from immortal depths

& as we look
into the abyss the cinders reincarnate
rushes into the pigment &
wears us our childhood —
but you know, dear
our hearts cannot bloom
within confinements

it is this very river that teaches
us forgiveness
& love to live beyond the ranks of strife
& emotions
& so —

we sail the surface each day
navigating yesterday & eternity…