This Is the River I Belong To

Nebi:

We breathe

the traveling clouds

and drink what falls

glistening from cliffs

and into whirlpool

basins carved in granite

on its way back to sky

water me

glisten me

carve and

whirlpool me

cascade me

white water me

sing me babble me

pool me pond me

swamp me

bog me

trout and salmon me

frog and dragonfly me

loon and otter me

breathe me

the humid sky

while leaves

gather pools

of summer air

Nebi  we say

wligonebi

the water is good

Cheryl Savageau.