RIVER tell me the secret of life

Run river run into labyrinthine Hall's

Return to me the simpler years without times myriad walls

White water fleck; froth up snaps of memory heard

Of Childhood dreams and thoughts of life in simpler passions stirred

Not sullied by the pace of life and avaricious greed

But still cushioned by the loved ones who satisfied the need

Gave solace in this Vale of Tears

And calmed us in the grip of fears


Headwaters thresh, storms that swell the pace

Trout that find the shady pool win refuge in the race

The drive upstream against the flow, the ever crushing tide

Which scours the flotsam, searches out that casual place to hide

And then the peace in calmer weather, contrast clear as Bell

As torrent loses drive of hate to life sustaining well

Refreshing searchers in the quest for life

Demanding respect, else payment in strife


Rushing torrent; cool reflections: Life mirrors much the same

People matter, pools in life they keep us in the frame

As we rush from start in slap and fear to soft surrendered end

Yet hear the sound of Sibling clear, Loves quieter message send

Brooding mountain, MOCHANT, dark; Dee has worn you down

River has sucked your bones for years and tells your tale in town

"We take from the skies and must flow to the Sea"

That's the secret of Life as you tell it to me