At the Vaal river finches twitter <br />and nests hang all over the willow trees <br />and the fishermen <br />sit from dusk next to the water, <br />to try and catch a big one. <br /> <br />I see a monitor <br />going from the water <br />into the undergrowth <br />and hear how the rippling stream <br />flows over rocks at places <br /> <br />There’s a water beetle <br />that swims around and around <br />in a calm pool <br />and tadpoles that rush to and fro. <br /> <br />With time spent at the river <br />I find some tranquillity, <br />while the cars above at the bridge <br />rush by frantically.<br /><br />Gert Strydom<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/at-the-vaal-river/
