Heavy on the floor of a river
Devoid of any movement
Impervious to the ebbs and flows
Of famine, fire, floods
Settled among the sediment
Content to let it all wash over
No tension, terror, or tremor
To cause tired toes to tremble
All around and above
Life continues to course
Each beleaguered breath blown
Sinks deeper into a riverbed home
All around and surrounding
Duties attempt a jostling
Old leaves, stones, twigs and branches
Useless to rouse these weary bones
Here to rest, as the world moves past
a loggy place for a washed-out body
Content to ignore what is
All around above and surrounding
Each bleary breath blown
