Poetry list
draining or feeding
it slinks
stealthily lazily
it boils and
bolts battling
against tide
and wind the
river glistens
glides
glamourising
the light and
the sky filled
with mystery
danger debris
life and death
liquifying and
silting as it
ineluctably heads
for the sea this
magical silvered
stream drains
the heavens
then the earth
but it fills
us with hope
and life like
mercy in the
face of death
the waters are
a food and a
foretaste of the
unstoppable
journey that
takes us all
whither save
into the
greater depths
lost and
purposed by
the rhythm
we dance to
but cannot
count and
halt
© Neil Thompson 2024