Was This Heaven's Gate? Poem by Anita Atina

She started life, a small droplet

Sweat off a cold glacier,

Warmed by the summer sun

Joined by another, and another and soon she was

A gurgling stream, that flowed through a steep mountain



As she became older, and jumped over the precipice

A waterfall was she, capturing rainbows with her youth!

This youthful maidens’ bustle

Soon was a young river, flowing graciously

Through ever widening banks



She knew she was going somewhere

To meet someone special, but who was he

She did not know

She had traveled far, and felt tired, alone

But felt a change coming, how soon was unknown



As she flowed past, a large flat plain

She could sense a change in the air

A quickening of pace, and a new sensation grew from there

The sun grew warmer, the trees more green

And the blue over the horizon felt more intense



She could hear a distant rhythm calling to her soul

But what it was, she really did not know

Soon the rocks turned to sand,

And wait, her sweet water changed taste

There was just a finger of land left

Was this heavens gate?



Lo behold! Who was this

Magnificent, salty, blue,

Was this ‘him’ she thought

As she peacefully poured into

The waiting heart of the mighty sea