in the dark of canyon shadow
i heard the river sing
she was neither sad nor joyous
no excitement about where she’d go
she only sang herself as river being
and then that was all
as i lay inside my tent
all other senses hushed
i felt my heart hum with the sound
of river being song
no human word can describe the way
the music flowed along the shore
part of me believed i had
imagined it from a song i heard before
all day as i wandered
and saw ancient stories etched in stone
i tried to recreate the song i heard
but only silence came
in my heart i knew that i heard the river sing
and so i will keep returning to hear my own heart ring
