Visited the Yadkin River yesterday
Her waters were high
Rapid and muddy
I witnessed nature-flotsam
Trees, logs, branches, debris
Being swished along by unseen currents
One giant tree
Got caught sideways
Under the bridge
Rapids rolled her round-and-round
As if a lumberjack was atop
Spinning her
Another giant got caught
Perpendicular
With the giant roller
Moments later WHOOSH
Both set free!
To continue their journey
Down the river
This same day one year ago
My veins would soon feed on heparin
Two "good-sized" blood clots had landed
One in each lung
