079 Headwater
Lyrics
a mountain spring before it knows
the shape of any river
taken into sluicework
before it learns to wander
what should have fallen like a gift
like weather grace and rain
now passes gates and measured lines
and learns to stay contained
the shimmer of connection
gets narrowed into lines
an open hand becomes a chart
a kindness cut to size
headwater headwater
drafted into law
before it ever learned to wonder
it was taught the cost
headwater headwater
counting every drop
what should have met kindness with awe
meets it as an owed release
every act of generosity
translated into rights
distribution quotas
and bureaucratic tides
the young current learns volume
before it learns surprise
reading pressure in the system
instead of meeting eyes
no astonishment no grace
just scheduled overflow
the river hasn’t found its name
but already knows what’s owed
what you hear in that small voice
is not its own song
it’s a cerebral echo
of old gates clicking on
scarcity and all that’s owed
already at the source
teaching new water to look downstream
before it ever looks with wonder
headwater headwater
bound before the sea
before it knew the reckless grammar
of a river left alive
headwater headwater
held in measured streams
turned into a managed current
before it learned its name
not by drought
but by design
headwater
held in lines
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