you will always be young

I was down by Putah Creek

where you once swam with your friends.

I held my face down low, by the surface of the water,

I was still, I was silent,

and by doing that I could feel the universe move again,

the way it did when you were still here, alive.

I couldn't stay, there was much to do,

but for a moment you were back with me.

you were splashing and laughing,

an…