The world had gotten too big

Too loud

Too angry

Too demanding

Too much

My soul, shrouded in darkness

So dark

So empty

So alone

So dead

In despair, I wander

No direction

No plan

No emotion

No hope

Rushing water, calling me

Hear me

See me

Taste me

Feel me

Approaching cautiously

The power

The beauty

The roar

The life

Drawn, no hope for return

To feel the tremble of its power

To gaze upon the heavenly glint of its beauty

To fill my ears with the rushing of its roar

To submerge myself in all of its liveliness

I dip a bare toe in and feel the coolness of the pure waters

One step, and another, as I watch the current split, diverted by my legs

I wade further, surrounded by beauty, wanting more

I want to feel it’s life, it’s power, it’s freedom; to be baptized in such clean, pure energy

I let go

And let my legs fall

To entwine with the current and drift in the glinting sun

And let it renew me

By Tracey Koehler

From: United States

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