amortize

to be swallowed in the flood,
to find ourselves washed away
or washed clean
but nothing in between...
could we part and parcel grief;
amortize the loss across the years
to, in some way, lessen impacts -
would we?
change the flow from torrent to trickle?
to carry always with us clouds?
or would we choose this -
to recognize the hope of blue skies
from the depths of the abyss?