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Tag: Zen poetry

River Flowing

I am like water

That washes over your body

Picking up pieces of your DNA

Your hopes

Your dreams

Your pains.

I flow off your body

And I leave you

But you don’t leave me.

 

— ( c ) St. John 2012

Posted on September 22, 2012September 22, 2012Categories Zen LikeTags Cataract Falls, poetry, river, Zen poetryLeave a comment on River Flowing
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