Ode to the River

Water it falls from the sky But the river it never asks why As her cracked dusty shorelines grow dry She wades in the wake Of the silt and the clay And reflects the grey back to the sky The mountain tops covered in snow Begin to breathe and let go And the water once loose it can flow To the river to ready To feel something heavy And alive in her bed sheets once more How different the river and I For I cannot help but ask why And the sounds the waves make when they break They shatter my shoreline Unearth my dark light Remind me that I am awake We're dancing in the moon again Slipping into the night Caught up in a yearning An ineligible churning It should not be my concern, but the earth it is turning And we're broke down on the interstate Refusing to yield to the mistakes we've made But girl you better find yourself a man to date To tame this wild and unruly state Oh, the wild is innate you know Why would you try to stop me from growing? Don't drown in cold water my friends