One Flight Down

My toes dip into the sand,
And I feel it sink into me,

And I lose
Where earth
And I meet-

And on that ground,
I lay down,

And let the soft earth kiss me;
My freckles
And everything,

And I drink the cool water
And breathe the mist
And it speaks with my tongue
And sends

Melodies into my heart-

Oh this river;

A dream of friends,
And a passion of me;

And in that soft earth,
I lay,
Wrapped up in warmth,
Out along the cool gray
Banks.

And in me
Is born a new anticipation
To taste this life-
And this day.

Oh that river;
And the reflection that cascades,
And the water
Where the
Soft
Sonnets wade-

I love that river.

And my soul knows that
It was made

For me.