A black river 7233 miles long

Alone on a rocky beach

She hymns a song 

A black river dense as petroleum

and 7233 miles long 

“Close your eyes and draw a sun”

But I’ve never seen one! 

She stomps her feet

Her palms still covering her eyes

A kid, stuck in a game of hide and seek 

Whales sing and salmons find home 

And sea turtles live hundreds of years long 

But along this black river 

She quietly sits and sings 

No one is coming and 

no one was ever gone