Rivers Wander Away

On writing.

Josh Gane
2 min readJul 5, 2024
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In wasted worries,
I waited for whispers…

What we risk,
watching rivers wander away!

But my careless song
of wrathful wonder,

chased the sun
from wintery cliffs, aground.

Frozen wishes
wave to welcome

enemy effort
as it shrink-wraps my brain.

Wrestle to rest
your desperate rover

that you might reach
what you hinder, hustling.

May it hover
henceforth, habitually,

in rhyme
or silent seconds of stirring.

Turn your face
to the rain of reckoning,

and pull the armor
from your eyes, once again.

One cannot bare
the restless reminders

rendered self-righteously
from your back.

What you want
will arrive forgotten,

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Josh Gane
Josh Gane

Written by Josh Gane

Freelance Writer; Former writer @ RapTV; Former College Writing Instructor; BA Philosophy UNC; MA English NC State.

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