A Name

"Does the river have a name?" Someone asked.
 Tough, or should I say a dark answer?
Did you ever watch the flow of river
in the darkness of her soul?
That is the time when the river speaks.
 By the daylight her reality is erased
by the traffic of ships and boats
plying on her surfaces.
Rivers do speak,
but you will not have the heart enough
to hear the sound of her deluge
nor the memory to recall the name.

The river had a name ;
but it was written on her waters.
Now she's just a  flow that bears no  name.

Sushama Karnik