The River And The Sea Poem by Barry Middleton

the river is like a lover
I see it coming to me
but I cannot go with it
for it will pull me under

it moves to touch me
it dances washing me
it moves on like a lover
it leaves like the dying

the river is like a death
an unseen flowing secret
it vanishes around a bend
and a new river is born

the sea is everlasting
the sea receives rivers
the sea caresses lovers
the living sea breathes

it rocks me in its arms
it recedes but it returns
the sea is ever faithful
the sea outlives desire