bobdubbloon

Reading (i)

09:01:17 27 Jan, 2025

The river writes its name in stones, each letter rounded smooth by the patience of water. I kneel at its edge, trying to read the language of currents, but the syllables slip— fish darting through my hands. My lover’s voice is a bridge made of rope and splintered wood. It sways when I step, threatens to unravel if I look down. Beneath, the river hums a tune older than memory, its notes rising like mist to blur the edges of what I know. I carry a jar of silt in my chest, each grain a story I cannot tell. The river says, Open it. I say, I am afraid of the flood. But the water insists, its voice neither kind nor cruel— just steady, like the turning of seasons.