Amy

The younger twin, who found what following her sister meant.

the word

knowing / lost words / drown / in sounds that cannot / merge into meaning / the danger in / words of / melted water

dripping from

drops fall / into the swirling/ stream/ their sides dissolving /into each other/ each rolls off / a thin / oak branch.

tiny particles

empty atoms / thicken / into crowds / too trifling / to be constrained / sufficient / for shadows / under the sun

all we see

in banks / below the river / changes inform / our breathing / thus we know / precisely what / matters

in rivers

a river's secrets / depend on / how much / we need to / configure / its destinations / with our realities

is their presence

the river parts / against boulders / seeking / the fastest / route-- / without maps / to guide her

Anna

The older twin, who found what she wanted to find