I am not the Past

I am not the Future

I am the River

I flow; I wash

I wash to heal

I flow to make whole

I lap against the rock and sand

Always touching

Never touching

Dislodging yet saving and settling

I shape the earth

Yet the earth shapes me

Those who touch me know my benevolence — my life

Fierce and swollen waters recede, revealing, restoring

Serene and strong currents propel, carrying, buoying

Some see me

Some feel me

Few flee me

Yet fewer still enter in

I am the River

I am the Way

I am Life.

Be the River