I Am The River

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I Am The River…

I am the river;

poured out

of God’s 

celestial pitcher:

a full river;

swollen with His tears.

I am the river;

my banks hold

the flow

of a nation:

denied, crucified, died,

resurrected and sanctified.

I am the river;

my tributaries flow

wide and deep—

outward, inward, upward,

downward and back

to the source.

I am the river;

The flowing essence

Of a mother’s womb—come

Wade in my history

And let the wetness of ourstory

bathe away all your delusions.

I am the river;

the river

of your birth:

come and swim in me.