Where Many Rivers Meet

by David Whyte

David Whyte

All the water below me came from above.
All the clouds living in the mountains
gave it to the rivers
who gave it to the sea, which was their dying.
?
And so I float on cloud become water,
central sea surrounded by white mountains,
the water salt, once fresh,
clouds fall and streams rush, tree root and tide bank
leading to the rivers' mouths
and the mouths of the rivers sing into the sea,
the stories buried in the mountains
give out into the sea
and the sea remembers
and sings back
from the depth
where nothing is forgotten





Last updated November 12, 2022