Taking my fill of a river

It is never enough

I am scorched

In these dire and desolate times

–

Knee deep

In its raging, nourishing swell

My parched eyes only widen

With a fearful greed

–

Fears of wasting away

Are sure to drag me under

With full pails

Repaying all the life I’ve siphoned

–

Given back to the brine

To its tussling world

Of mayhem and mercy