If all rivers are sweet, where does the sea get its salt?

Thinking about kenosis, perichoresis and the intercirculation of love.

Here’s a wonderful message about the dance of love by the inimitable Pastor Ngiam Su-Lin.

And here’s my response.

i am a river.
i begin gloriously, with monotonous sweetness.
along the way, collecting all sorts of things – sand, stones … the occasional tear of a stranger,
the clear blood clouds as it courses through barren landscapes.
creating, as i am being created.
until finally, i empty out into the sea,
joined by other rivers in universal anonymity.
then will i sing.
with the placable sweet sounds
of one who has known rivers.
~ Ko Siew Huey

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Inspired by Pablo Neruda’s question “If all rivers are sweet, where does the sea get its salt

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