The river calls me

It draws me in and slowly

Washes me away

Those sunburnt kisses

Holding on to golden hands

First ideas are best

Rivers bends themselves

To find out a better course

Work is never done

Gather the waters

Channel them down the mountains

Bring life to the land

Wherever you flow

Through sluice, weir, lock, flume and gate

Take me along too

Wade through the river

My bones will quake and quiver

A goose skin shiver

Burning clouds melting

In the fervent summer heat

Worlds will pass away

Pride creeps up on you

Sneaking in through cracks and flaws

Tangled up in doubt

What is confidence?

The key stone in an archway

Blinkers on a horse

Can’t push me away

If I have already left

Double down the dregs

Grass grows short and tall

Leaning with the wind and falls

Out of my control

I was a ripple

Now I roll toward the shore

Carrying your weight

Algae clings bravely

To any hope of solace

So hold on to life

Fluttering ripples

Denigrate the unabashed

Surface of the lake

How many others

Have let the sun melt their chains

Among this meadow

Rolling over reeds

Minnows dart while brown trout feed

The river our need

I lost direction

An echo of inflection

A pale reflection

Reeling in the dark

Hunting for a neutron start

Never ending quarks

We’re still floating on

Between wispy willows, for

River and ever

Swaddle me in an

Invisibility cloak

Am I still a child?

I wish I weren’t pink

And my face turned to the sun

We aren’t all daisies

The half light hangs low

Climb up every blade of grass

Dusk lays me down slow

Catch the light and bend

Into twisted hazel curls

Catkins wrapped up tight

The sweet glow of hope

Blushing with promise and pride

Tickled by summer