THE STREAM

IN HURRIED RUSH

IT PAINTS THE GROUND

WITH TRICKLED WEEPING

ALL AROUND

IN PANICKED CHASE

IT CHANGES FORM

FOR THAT IS WHEN

A STREAM IS BORN

WITH PEBBLED BASE

AND ROCKY SIDES

ONWARDS, DOWNWARDS

IT DOES GLIDE

PASSING LANDSCAPES

LUSH AND GREEN

TO PLACES WHERE

ITS NEVER BEEN

ALL THE TIME

IT GROWS IN SIZE

ITS WIDTH AND DEPTH

IT MULTIPLIES

IT CANNOT STOP

IT HAS NO TIME

TO FAIL TO FLOW

WOULD BE A CRIME

IT GURGLES ONWARD

WITHOUT ABATE

FOR NOT A MOMENT

CAN IT WAIT

AS IT DESCENDS

TO VALLEYS FLOOR

AND AS A STREAM

IT IS NO MORE

BUT THEN A MIGHTY RIVER

The Pier

Like a finger pointing out to sea

It seems to know what it should be

A guiding path from land to wave

A haven of hope upon which all are saved

Ignoring the winds that sweep quickly by

And calming the tides that forever do sigh

For nothing in its sturdy frame

Submits to the surf which would like to lay claim

To the piers very existence

Thought to Ponder – Perhaps the straight and narrow path would be wider if more people used it – Kay Ingram

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