the river as history

the river as palimpsest

the river as architect

the river as memory

          as ‘you cannot

 

the river as liminal

the river as lavender

the river as city

the river as illness

          as ’you cannot step into

 

 

bursting its banks

          prising us open

                   we are rivers

                      re-directing our flow

 

disruptor as the river

safe passage as the river

transformation as the river

solution as the river

          as ‘you cannot step into the same

 

the river as hug

the river as kiss

the river as friend

the river as love letter

          as ‘you cannot step into the same river twice’.