heights and depths

slow-acting vertical power

relentless uplift of tectonic plates

and erosive descent of water over eons

stream's lateral extension

winding path through canyon

present narrative of the water's ceaseless flow,

finding the path of least resistance

like the canyon stream

we are shaped by the monumental structures of our world

we are also agents of change,

carving out our own paths

within those very structures

(ecollective)