At Santa Anita Creek
Shimmering waves ripple
reflections on gray dappled granite.
water round and over sound under
Dancing water strider skips silently
upstream to rest upon a rafting leaf.
water round and over sound under
Gentle now this piece of time
through signs of recent turbulence
piled high against tangled alder roots.
Leaves and broken branches a memory?
Still somehow torrent and flood reverberate
where the eye skips. Yet peaceful now
this gentle time, below the higher water signs
and remnants of the storm.
water round and over sound under