River’s Song
With steel flow the rolling water pierces the rocks and shapes them into stars
the sun and the moon fail to march its sharpness
the wailing of the rocks turns into river’s song
A river cuts through stone, and the poem watches it happen with quiet awe. The water is described as having "steel flow," which makes something soft and moving feel hard and unstoppable. It pierces rocks, but it doesn't simply destroy them.
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