April 13, 2015

RIVERS - ONE’S LIFE

The world is ribbed

   with rivers,

      little spider web

         black lines on maps,

            but in reality,

               when standing

                  on either shore,

                      rivers - short and long,

                          moving along

                      all around the world,

                 twisting and turning,

             up and down

          across and back, with

      ferries and bridges,

   fish and boats,

      water, water, water,

            with birds, birds,

                  rivers moving along,

                      part of the landscape,

                 where they build cities,

           where lakes appear,

       water flowing to the ocean,

 rivers round the world,

       sometimes frozen,

            sometimes flooding,

                 sometimes low,

                     empty, drought,

                 do you understand now,

          why rivers remind me,

    why they are

          a metaphor for life?

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2015