The Saga Of The Sockeye Salmon Poem by Terri Turrell

The sockeye salmon swim from Idaho
Once spawned they splash upstream to ocean seek
Then resolute return where rivers flow
To spawn another round within the creek

Tis nature you exclaim, excluding thought
Untroubled by a need to understand,
Are we unlike the salmon which are caught
Forever fated roles all plotted-planned?

A common goal each struggle to acheive
Against the current e'en if we need
A drive to see the world before we leave
Then back to sparkling streams where we plant seed

I'm humbled by these fish within the stream
We struggle, both, and share a common dream

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