river bends
inked
with glistening pearls of water –
hydrogen, oxygen that
when separated
are life taking, life giving.
and together, life itself.
river bends
caressed
by steady flows of water
that swim protected
by clouds of flowering yellows
pinks
blues
purples.
by towering trees on
bladed greens
in crumbling browns.
but now
that’s all they are –
memories of colour.
river bends
carved
into the dust of
powder red.
once green and lush
now angry
evaporated of soul
life
moisture.
a distant remnant
of earth –
left only
with the bare essence
of once upon a time
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the undergrowth. 