they know the ways of moving
they know the ways of moving
that breathe with the current
the ways the reeds sway
beckoned by the wind
how minnows flick through water
fast as thought
how morning
stirs the lake awake
in spinning circles
how the sky leans down to drink
its own reflection
they do not surface
they cannot sink
they travel through the in between
and when they leave
the water still remembers
all these ways of moving
they know the ways of moving
they know the ways of moving
that breathe with the current
the ways the reeds sway
beckoned by the wind
how minnows flick through water
fast as thought
how morning
stirs the lake awake
in spinning circles
how the sky leans down to drink
its own reflection
they do not surface
they cannot sink
they travel through the in between
and when they leave
the water still remembers
all these ways of moving