I rolled through Glenhaven today For my first time after the flood I could not go there before It all came back Tears fell from my eyes The damage remains Like a trauma I’ve lived through Ten years The time is insignificant Remains of the rivers embankment Massive Boulders mar the landscape I bowed my head in mourning Roads repaired after washing with the river Made whole again once more Mobility and movement restored Communities coming apart And regrouping Kindness and fellowship replace dispare On commemoration I’m alone I will not gather I cannot bear the pain I never imagined water could churn Lives upside down My insides jagged and wounded In flood and fire I lost my nievety The mountains are unsettled and I am too I can never rest here or there I rolled through Glenhaven today The landscape is not as I remember I am as scarred as the landscape.. I am still here…but absent