What the River Said
by Cy Dillon


I have heard
What the night has to say
Its voice
Is the sound of water
Its silence
Rises into the wind
Like contrails fading
Pink into white
As the stars steal sunset

I memorize this to sing
In the dark hours of morning
A song that is the sound of water
Falling into night






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