Sailing Up the River
Life's like a river It flows through mountains and woodlots Quenching droughts and creating wroughts It's serene and sacred It's raging and wild Leaving all bemused and beguiled Life is like a river That damages more when reigned Like a broken dam, ruining lives in disdain Until you reach the grandness of sea Life's like a river That flows through vast and small Through mounts and woodlots Through plains and deserts It carries the weight of all It encounters The mud, sand, and gravel The dead leaves, branches, and bones Unobstructed it flows Quiet then ferocious Life, just like river, is unpredictable. Manoeuver it and it defends Control it and it rebels Like a child, it vents at your chiding Clashes and gushes, looks frightening It mingles with the thuds of the sky Reflects the serenity of trees. It flows with the calming breeze. Life's like a river And I want to soak all in To give it back some when it dries When the only thing blue is my heart Or the sky. I wish to fall off it's brook And sail high in the tides Get drowned, get drained through the ride Feel it's calmness when it flows And energy when it collides (With a taller tide). Life's like a river A maddening adventure, A reviving retreat Rolling mile by mile Until it dissolves in the grandiose of the sea. Read the full article