Advice On Crossing Rivers

Never mind the rain.
Pay attention to the stones.

Stones are all that's left
here by rivers that've brought

fallen mountain tops
down to stony beds like this.

Know instead the green
moss and algae and how mist

hides among the tiny
leaves, and magnitudes of roots

smooth sharp stones
Jesus, knowing all he knows,

might just stop the rain,
cross the river like a street,

raise the dead... but you...
concentration is the key.

Cross the river first,
then find shelter from the rain.

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