River

Running, flowing -

Rushing like a stream...

Like a river

Swimming down the land,

Through the fields,

And down the valleys

So too, do I

Feel -

The same.

Water rushes, gushes -

Up and over rocks,

Stones & boulders...

Making its way to a

Far away destination,

As do I seem to be

Nearly there -

Or not?

It still seems far.

Winds, turns and

Around the bends it goes,

Turning this way & that...

Life does the same -

And never ceases to calm

But I shouldn't despair

For surely,

Peace

Will Come.

Waterfall, like a torrent

Falls, falls and tumbles -

As a skydiver

Gliding through the air...

Freely, carefree do I

Seem to be falling

Sailing,

Swimming

Into the hands of love.

And out of the foam,

The froth, waves of turbulence

Of a changed life & new love

The river of life,

Of a new - beginning...

Wash calmly down the river

Away into the

Sunrise,

The start of a new Dawn.

~ Quentin Jessen © 24 April 2006