Strong River

by Pavel Chichikov

The river freezes, branches lie on top –

Let water take the weight if crystalline

As one phase changes to another

Ice to water, water to ice

To mist to cloud to snow to rain

All phases intersect

So too did Nazareth walk there

Not frost but innocence

And mystery upheld Him

We too will rise into a change

Love is the catalyst, the crystal speck

That makes the river death hold up our weight

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