Raise one hand high
spread your fingers
in a grasp of clouds
and let the sky drain its
blue mood through you

then

accept the wash of rain
until it fills
the reservoir of your chest
and measures the brim
of all you can bear

then

stretch out your other arm
to that person beside you
take hold of her hand
and let her take the overflow
no river is alone

then

hand to hand person to person
each there for you
and your sky full of rain
feel the river become plump
with the leaping of fish

then
together
become the sea.

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