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The Rapids.

 

 

The gentle stream it trickles calmly flowing through the valley.
The pace of life so easy now with lightweight cares to carry.
Into the river so we drift the current’s gaining speed and
then the trips a little uneasy now, we’ve got to navigate somehow.

The eddies turn we flow with them avoiding all collisions.
Quick thinking marks our every move to calculate decision.
The gentle stream so far behind there is no going back and so
we ride the waves as best we can, clinging to a fragile plan.

The rapids wild and turning and hope is fading fast for us today.  
The undercurrents churning the calmer glides so very far away.

Turmoil, raging waters, angry, throw us side to side.
There is no way or so it seems to stem the rampant tide.
Yet suddenly a peaceful calm the river’s running slow and
so the trips a little easier now, we made it through the dark somehow.

The peaceful river flowing gently through the grassy valley.
The pace of life so easy now, with lightweight cares to carry.

 

 

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◄ Christine.

Suburban Sunrise ►

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Fkx

Thu 31st Jan 2013 21:55

Now this is a place I want to be, a scene I desire to soak in. But only if it be as described by the, inscribed by you poetry. Thank you for sharing.

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Wez Jefferies

Wed 30th Jan 2013 19:48

Hi Tony, thanks for all your comments :)

Love this piece, get where you're coming from and the way it flows is really nice.

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Hugh

Sun 27th Jan 2013 13:37

Fabulous flow of words,possessing a clever stream of rhythm and rhyme.Well done ! More please Tony.

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Ged Thompson

Sat 26th Jan 2013 23:09

Its really nice this Tony, such is life, fast and slow, hard and soft, light and dark, lovely stuff.

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Tom Harding

Fri 11th Jan 2013 18:58

this is a lovely rolling poem. reminded me of the simple beauty of gary snyder.

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