Like free flowing water

Like free flowing water

you are boundless

swift and sensuous

then, slowly percolating

as you slither through me.

Like free flowing water,

you carve gorges of time

and take the shapes of your making

creating the containers

of which shapes you.

Like free flowing water

you nourish all that you touch

life giving sustenance

blanketing the world in liquid prayer.

Like free flowing water

you carve my canyons

and smooth my stones

and remind me

that this is Home.

Like free flowing water

I feel you within me

hydrating the landscapes

of which have been so thirsty

meandering through ravines

on your journey back to sea.