Walking Beside the River After Loss
The river keeps doing
what it knows.
It carries leaves,
thin foam,
the echo of yesterday’s rain.
Grief does not stop it.
Nor does it hurry the water.
I walk slowly,
matching my steps
to what remains possible.
Every few minutes,
the river shifts its sound.
I listen,
not for answers,
but for company.
Abraham Aondoana is a writer, poet and novelist. He is a recipient of Idembeka Creative Writing Workshop 2026. His works has been published in Kalahari Review, Prosetrics Magazine, Rough Diamond Poetry, The Cat Poetry Anthology, IHTOV, The Literary Nest, Ink Sweat and Tears (UK), Rogue Agent, Ink in Thirds Magazine, Interwoven Anthology (Renard Press), Writing on the Wall, Alien Buddha, Blasphemous Journal, Rust Belt Review, Speculative Insights and elsewhere. His Instagram profile can be found at the following link. https://www.instagram.com/abraham_aondoana/