calm waters

your lips
have said enough, you've
made your case.
let's go silent now
and pull the boat down stream.
the words have fallen
out, rushed like the rapids
of a river
nearing rock, and falls.
how much you need
to be beyond this
rough water, this turmoil
of wash,
the jagged cliffs,
the vortex of pools
trying to suck you under.
is there clear and calm
waters ahead? maybe,
let's hope so.
I row patiently
in that direction.