Your Rushing Waters
Gone is the sound of your rushing waters
And in its place—
The sound of chirping crickets filling the warm summer air.
Leaving nothing but smoke and stones in your wake,
You remind me of your limitations
All the places you couldn’t,
Wouldn’t go;
All the fires you couldn’t,
Wouldn’t put out;
Your absence leaves me breathless,
With nothing but smoke in my lungs;
I feel it poisoning my blood,
Rushing to my heart,
…as your waters once did,
With a disturbance in my soul…

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