Rushing Water

Deep Sea Doily by Alexis Unwalla (acrylic)

Landing Under Water, I See Roots

BY ANNIE FINCH

All the things we hide in water
hoping we won’t see them go—
forests growing under water
press against the ones we know —

and they might have gone on growing
and they might now breathe above
everything I speak of sowing
everything I try to love

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