Even rocks smile
When left to nature
Gurgling symphony
For river fish dance
Ice flow backdrop
Water so clear
You want to drink
Until every desiccated cell
Remembers life before the drought
Hibernate here
Watch scenes
Change endlessly
From morning to sunset
Day after day
Defiance is futile
Nothing stops this
Not when Noah filled the ark
Not when Katrina
Broke that levee
We begin in water
We will end there
Dust must reach some shore
Nowhere is change more evident
Than at this river’s edge
I watch
Boulders become rocks
Rocks become pebbles
All mountains
Eventually become sand
THE BAYOU MYSTIC 