L'aura del Campo

April 21 prompt: a body of water [45]

On the Clark Fork of the Columbia River

Back-clad
kayakers
wrapped
in rainbow-
colored kayaks
sit
in the curl
of the wave,
riding
a flow
that caresses
the willows
never again
to pass
this way.

Fly-fisherman
wade
in cold-dark
shallows,
luring fish
hidden
behind big rocks;
patient herons
hunt
for minnows;
hungry ospreys
dive
for bass,
careful
to not be
swept away.

This river
completes
its mission
today
and every day.
Nothing
gets in its way.

KE [177.45] (21.april.2020)

104.117