Scott Simpson · Poetry

Confluence

Relational Landscaping: The Human Terrain of Organizations · source pages 94

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Confluence

Two rivers meet—

at first,

turbulence.

Waters that knew only their own banks

taste the silt of another’s history.

It takes time—

but eventually,

they begin to braid.

What was once separate

now flows forward,

clearer, deeper,

with room for more life.