River Of Life Poem by Dann Thomas

One. Just one at a time
Drip by drip begins this song
First one dropp and then the other
Searching for its feet to stumble along

Meandering across unknown ground
Shaky, crawling, eating up earth
Falling, bouncing, rolling over
Joys untold from a stream at birth

Dashing its way across the land
Learning, feeling, seeking, tasting
Little pearls of wisdom and vice
Reflected through the dark and lighting

Bouncing across rocks unafraid
Challenging every steep and climb,
Dying with every fall to live again
Riding with the flow sublime

Threading its way on lower plains
Youth has shifted to slower gear
Responsibility cloaked in maturity
Drifting cautiously, slow, unsecure

Dying into the sea of the world
Becoming one with earth and heaven
No sacrifice, regrets, loss and tears.
For in giving of oneself there is no end.