Illustrations

Sketch: Frozen River

river song at the dam,

susurrations from beneath ice sheets.

a fallen tree rests on/over the edge

while never-ending waters cascade…

and my heart is the waters

slipping into song and season melt;

sky to rain,

rain to river,

river to lake,

lake to sea.

a journey that frightens me.

Harpersfield Dam divides

the downriver flows

and upriver ice…

so I become the dam,

safe from the trip.

I am the divide.

I am between Winter and Spring thaw melodies

witness to the fishermen,

the road,

the covered bridge…

I am the underwater watcher of tree-lined riverbanks

tightly holding on to avoid eternity

while anything

and everything

rushes on by…