Lesson from Rock and River

Color the canyon walls
warm adobe
fire hearths of brick
warm
places in the heart

listen

The river flows
past hard and stable rock
two different forms of matter
each by uniqueness
gives importance to the other
a perfect relationship

Harmonize with things
that flow by you
like the rock

sweep gracefully past
the stunning fact
impeding
gesture with sound
that delights

   then

Sky dark
clouds dense charcoal
the rain stitching lines from sky to earth
in the canyon,
next to the river

Thunder trembles
the sky to open
the flowing current
steady
    pounding
the river surges
sending hard and stable rock
careening
    far

The rock
as others catch against it
changes the path
of the river
  flowing
     growing
        flooding

The world's ever changing
nothing stays the same

-

To Find Marian and Vin

I almost passed by you

your proudly waves

the allure of bare feet

the first rush of letting go of skin

the sin of salt

little pins on pressed sand

where sun's reflection plays catch and drown

then draws breath again

I had to pull away to see

your mouth all spray with wind

your rounded clean line embraced by sky

to find the turn of curved arm where I am

still waiting wet and wild with sand

(with loving memory of my mom & dad and how they loved the ocean)