Tag: River symbolism

  • Beneath the Layers: A River, a Cosmos, and the Quiet Return to Self

    Beneath the Layers: A River, a Cosmos, and the Quiet Return to Self

    This poem traces an inward descent through memory, silence, and emotional erosion, where identity loosens its grip and listening deepens. Moving from the intimate textures of daily life to the vast patience of rivers and stars, it explores how surrender, stillness, and time reshape the self. What begins as a personal reckoning slowly opens into…

  • The Breath That Moves the Waters

    The Breath That Moves the Waters

    Spirit of God in the clear running water, you move not in thunder alone— but in the hush of rivers, in the rising of trees, in the surrender of all things to something greater than themselves.