River Run

[ThePoet]

You're a

River, and nobody wants you. Tell me it's not true,

But they built a bridge just to cross you.

What was the cost of the rocks that you washed through

To seem like a sea to the meagre and obtuse.

Deep. Shaded. You make strange sounds.

You lead them away, lest they bathe face down.

You're a babbling traveler, gargling. Bitter.

You've carved out a niche and you run like a river.