Down To The Sea Poem by Peter Madden

the river flows down to the sea...
and i walk along its shores...
seeing the dawn over the water...
sunrise reflected upon its surface...
the river comes ablaze with golden fire...
and i feel my life stretching before me...


i walk further down the rivers edge...
my path uneven and unsure before me...
but still i walk onwards ever onwards...
under the bright morning light...
watching the river flow fast and free...
and i feel alive...


i follow the river to its end...
as its swallowed up by the mighty sea...
looking back at the path ive walked...
from the beginning to where i am this day..
all the twists and turns i could not predict..
like the river they have helped to shape me..
from a boy to a man and through all my life..
as i followed the river down to the sea..