(some things)
such as the heart
and the blood running through it
the brain
with its bifurcate channels
pulsing
a course
of rivers within
thinning thinner
or thicker
walls
banks of rivers
and the sights along them
an island
thyroid
with a mound
as a mound found
among gravesites of
the indigenous life (yours)
that this land and river
are entrusted to
you a bridge
between you
seeing
your own waters pounding
flood warnings
blood rising
rising
abating
waiting
for
wanting more
than this
for this
such as the heart
and the blood running through it
the brain
with its bifurcate channels
pulsing
a course
of rivers within
thinning thinner
or thicker
walls
banks of rivers
and the sights along them
an island
thyroid
with a mound
as a mound found
among gravesites of
the indigenous life (yours)
that this land and river
are entrusted to
you a bridge
between you
seeing
your own waters pounding
flood warnings
blood rising
rising
abating
waiting
for
wanting more
than this
for this