Alphabetical Rivers

Alphabetical rivers Flow through pebble dashed shores Swam upstream by a woman that would not say Burnt by words that were taken away Drank by a man With a childhood in his hand Left to drown alone By those who didn't want to know Paddled by all who cared But did not know where to go Every sentence sanity wanted to ignore Piled high on crazy paved shores Set high in a night without moons or stars Burnt words calling out As in the flames everything they stood for is plundered The few words that escape the flames Dance free in just one night Ready to be drawn by a short dawn They are freed by all the hours That didn't lie or hide