I wish to be held by a river

i wish to be held by a river please

i wish to be held by a river please      drowning

is something i do at night      waking choked

only reminds me that air is precious      i wish

to be empty a river knows the void      carves it

day on glimmering day      months later her path

has changed i wish for rounded stones      my edges

are raw and sharp      i wish for a dream woven

of reeds      with which to sail the rivers please

i wish to remember this wish      when i am floating

in confusing seas      i wish to come safe to land

then leave

Read my other poetry: Fibrotic and Bird Song