confluence

in slanted
early light
my eyes
gleaming see
a river
that flows
outfrom
beyond anything
I can
comprehend

as if in
a dream,
a distant horizon,
a place
that transfigures
all until
I recognize
with new eyes
this brilling
arcing cobalt
stream

is not
a simple
river
caught in
one moment,
but is
always flowing
always changing
carries both
past and present,
fuses time

it tumbles
from highest mountain
headwaters,
crashes over
rough rock cliffs
eases through
meadows

weaves
my life’s
journey,
connecting
it gathers
into a
heart’s
watershed
before
lifting,
sets off once
more