Ode to the Creek

Creek, peacefully
mumbling the directions
to the ladder
leading to heaven.
Creek, tricking me
every time I
think I have uncovered
its mysteries.
Speaking to the world,
Never stopping.
Not for death
not for life.
Not for peace,
not for sunshine,
not for love.
The words I will
never understand.

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Lily Stoner, age12
Berkeley, California
Poetry Inside Out
Teacher: John Oliver Simon