Delta Vein

Blue veins sprawling like deltas 

across the gulf of the arm 

red blood and ocean brine 

flowing all the same 

And the heart is in the mountains 

melting blood into water 

through creeks and arteries 

all the way to the ocean 

Trickling down this way, 

keeps the land alive 

invigorates an earthly skin 

and all the trees in kind 

Ever heard of a place personified? 

that it's breathing and heaving 

and growing like a human 

just like you and I?