The River Poem by Peter Russell

The River



When the cool stream flows beneath the violet night
And all the birds are hidden in the trees,
The pale moon scales the retreating darkness
And lights the steely surface of the flood.

Like life the river flows, all averages,
The ripples and the whirlpools seem to go
Like individual men through history, rapid
And meaningless as any gust of wind.

Peter Russell
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
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