I watch the river flowing down towards the deep blue sea, <br />At the end of its winding path I know you wait for me, <br />Like the mountains and the valleys and the sun up in the sky, <br />My love for you will shine eternally and never die. <br />For the river is the spirit that puts life into my heart, <br />And tells me you are with me all the times we are apart, <br />For its beauty and its splendour, its wonder and its grace, <br />Will be with me forever on this journey that I face. <br /> <br />Like the colours of the sunrise and the coming of the spring, <br />I gaze upon this paradise and hear the birds that sing, <br />So sweetly in the treetops while I know that far away, <br />My home is where my heart lies where I long to be this day. <br />For the river keeps on flowing and is acting as my guide, <br />And leads me ever onward to the place I shall abide, <br />Hope shall live eternally and never will be gone, <br />I know that while this river flows I'll always carry on. <br /> <br />I pray that God will steer me through the rocks that lay ahead, <br />And all the troubled water to a calmer place instead, <br />Where there is only sunshine and a sky so clear and blue, <br />I know the path I follow now will lead me back to you. <br />For the river is the reason why I need you evermore, <br />It heads towards the place I knew so many years before, <br />And although things may have changed I won't regret I came, <br />For you are all I care for and I hope you feel the same.<br /><br />ANDREW BLAKEMORE<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-river-19/
