A River Flows

On that day there will no longer be cold or frost. There will be one continuous day—it is known to the LORD—not day and night, for in the evening there will be light. On that day, fresh water will flow from Jerusalem,e half to the eastern sea, and half to the western sea. This will be so in summer and in winter. The LORD will be king over the whole earth;f on that day the LORD will be the only one, and the LORD’s name the only one.

Zechariah 14:6-9

A river flows both east and west,
down from the city to the seas,
a pulse that echoes through the flesh
and fills the farflung hands and feet.

There is no margin, only veins
that bind us surely to the heart,
and every capillary strays
to tie the knots we cannot part.

Then come: Wheree'er your path may wind
the living water makes its way,
and where you look there you will find
o;er your abyss the Spirit plays.

Then go: The very ends of th'earth
are not the end; the stream flows on,
and if you circled all the world
you would not end where you began.

And if you sink into the pit,
yet water always wanders down.
Though you may plumb the depths of it,
you will not in the darkness drown.

The stream will flood our very graves
and break their binding chains apart.
So you will rise upon the waves
someday, and flow back to the heart.