Kit

Sophie's daughter. Marries Richard and has twins, Amy and Anna.

Richard

Discovers more about the Mizunami family than he realized he would when he married Kit.

of water

the water / falls / in torrents / as if it were the only / force that mattered / sweeping / everything / from its path

we cannot

the illusion / of the depths / our rivers / carry / prevents us / from seeing / the truth

of merging

rivers / merge into / distant nothings / so many instances / of the same time / leave undefined / origins / and destinations

know them

our language / misleads us / severing / a river as one / when it is / too many / to count