People are rivers.
Rivers that go on.
on to tomorrow.
Tomorrow into dawn.
The way we want to change
change the river's flow
flow through the sky
sky that is never low
Endlessly going in one direction.
direction that can not be easily changed.
changed never by only asking.
asking for a difference in what has been arranged.
We can build a dam.
Dam that changes goals.
Goals are never just.
Just watch out for holes
The way I perceive this poem, people are rivers. You can't ask someone or a river to change by just asking them. You have to build a dam, but dams might have holes.