Everything flows,
everything changes…
Heraclitus
A river’s flowing from a distance
tortuous line on the map
loosely belting the earth.
A river’s laving stones/bones,
collecting DNA codes
a crystallizing salt.
A river’s flowing along the trenches,
amplifying undone criticized
thoughts, deeds, debts…
under the bridges of spines
sipping the moaning water
since the cradle of humankind-
bodies become the landscape…
A river’s flowing through me,
and I know for sure:
found in
future the artifact pile,
will prove to offspring –
we were…we walked at the earth,
we were alive.
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Inspired by: PU Verse First: The Body Becomes The Landscape
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What better epitaph than to write "they walked the earth", hopefully implying they did no harm.
ReplyDeletea great journey within self......
ReplyDeletesince the cradle...bodies becoming the landscape....nice...really cool flow as well through the laving/bones and dna codes....
ReplyDeleteAh yes, one thing is for certain....everything changes. And the river does indeed keep on flowing.
ReplyDeleteI love the lengths you went to explore the concept of a river's flow.
ReplyDeleteyour 'landscape of humankind', is near Eden-like, enjoyed
ReplyDeletemuch love...
"since the cradle of humankind-
ReplyDeletebodies become the landscape…"
Well, lets hope we keep it as clean and beautiful as possible (which will take some work on our part)
I love this whole concept - that our bodies become the landscape, to say "we lived, we walked the earth". Cool.
ReplyDeleteDown be the river it collects, hopefully my dna it neglects
ReplyDeleteWonderfully creative. I enjoyed reading this very much. The rivers flow indeed.
ReplyDeleteI adore the momentum leading to the powerful last two lines.
ReplyDeleteI love the way the river wends its way through life.
ReplyDeleteWe like the river were indeed alive
well-penned ~
ReplyDeleteA river’s flowing through me, - I can touch this spring of hope and the flow of feelings. Very nice. .
ReplyDeletei really like how the river is at a distance and later revealed to be within you. a well spring... very cool write...
ReplyDelete"a river's flowing through me
ReplyDeleteand will prove to offspring we were alive"!
I love river analogies, and river love.
K
Beautiful imagery - I particularly like the bridges of spines..
ReplyDeleteI love all things river.
ReplyDeleteI like the analogy. I do wonder what those rivers will really tell our offspring. I guess it is really up to us, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteLoved the way you have knitted this piece!
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