Sweet Misery Poem by Samantha Campbell

As tranquil multi-hued river
rests calm as crisp leaves shiver
I'm knockin' my nerve to the bone
tryin' to find out although I should've known
Where little bare feet have tread
so too did the fear on which
'feisty minnows' have fed
and the swelterin' of summer
upon rocks below where heat bled
yet thru all those years sped
such sweet misery of its passin'
breathes of survival
as with the rush of the river
awaits their arrival with rafts
and flippers for survival
The mental could be conjurin' up
a swift switch conceptually speaking
it's born of creativity
I thank the power above
for all of life's lessons