ALL WATER IS WILD

Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash.

All water is wild

It can never be truly contained 

Even the water inside us is just passing through 

We who think of ourselves

As monolithic beings

Are porous

Are part of the water cycle

Are a temporary container 

For water 

For energy

For thoughts

For existence

I have walked in the ruins of humans plans 

When they forgot to respect the water 

Overturned asphalt and concrete

Eroded banks taking our temporary efforts with them

Because we forgot 

Rivers change course

Streams cut new banks

The landscape is alive

We treated it like clay 

Trying to sculpt it in our own image

But the stream was here before us 

And will go on after us

Carving new banks

Bringing new life

Unbothered by the ruins 

Of our hubris