TROUT CREEK TO MAUPIN

I am seeking
the deep places in the river
where the water slows down
and the surface runs smooth

where the silent buds of trust
begin to bloom

in the spaces of soft light
where what it is right now
is just enough

and there is nothing
to sort or label
to analyze or measure
to describe or name

I am seeking
the deep places in the river
where I am quiet

and can listen to the song
the high rocks sing.

© Joan Barton, 1997