Verse: water

water gives
and does not
starve

it flows
where we
do not know

shifting
winding
frozen

yet always
essentially
the same

you and i
empty ourselves
and yet

we maintain
our forms, distances
and differences

even after
the dream
of sitting

and forgetting
that which was
our given names

we negotiate
our way
with hesitation

to places
we have never
been before

and the water
it will
nourish us

it will
take us
there.