From deep underground I start unseen <br />Cool spring water fresh and clean <br />My only life not visible to the eye <br />I start to flow, as if the earth did cry <br />Small and feint I start to trickle <br />As I flow the land I tickle <br />As in life we may start as little springs <br />But soon we grow and do big things <br />Down the mountains I start to flow <br />As my intensity starts to grow <br />My banks are now so far apart <br />So much wider that at the start <br />I twist and turn, will I ever stop <br />I`ve been winding forever right from the top <br />From a tint trickle to a steady stream <br />To reach the ocean is my only dream <br />My veins alive with creatures big and small <br />Within my belly I carry them all <br />Life within me does explode <br />No matter how much I can take the load <br />Over rocks and boulders I do roar <br />While above me the fish eagle`s soar <br />Swollen now I my banks do burst <br />Hungry lands I feed, they so do thirst <br />I fill the valley and form a lake <br />To try and stop me would be a mistake <br />I push on forward one goal in mind <br />To reach the ocean, sealed and signed <br />I`ve cut a groove across this land <br />But now a lap the ocean sand <br />Right at the end I reached my goal <br />Now the ocean waves a feed my soul<br /><br />Vaughn Bekker<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/mighty-river/
