Waterlogged

The canyons in my heart
Are trying to heal
But your river still runs through them.

Faith and hope
Stitch ever faster
But they can't hear the silent raging below.

Your river
Is drowning out the color
Of the faces and the sunshine
Around me
Leaving so few
Bright stars
In my sky.

Those stars
We once watched together
Being doused one by one
By the river.

I don't know what
To look at anymore
But big, empty, gray sky
That swallows the echoes
As I call for you.

And you can't hear it
As the river runs through.
--6.29.10