The River Before Us

There was a time before words

               [when only the rivers spoke]

The sarcastic lips of breaking waves
               [whispering uncontrollably]

The arrhythmic clang of the buoy bell
               [silencing the calm]

The fire lights dotting the shore
               [rimming the everyday night]

My body came to life breathing
               [my clean chest rising]

In my cove the waters receded
               [answering the water with voids]

The words or rather half-words
               [washing in and washing out]

Covering in and covering up
               [rewriting the waterlines]

Drowning out the sounding bell
               [speaking the language of tongues]
My smallest finger
               [erasing the sand]

Dissolving the river within