a river dies choked to gills <br />expiring upon industrial waste <br /> <br />sadly as the river dies the fish die also <br />oxygen starved extinguished <br /> <br />life was a web of light upon the water <br />life web torn broken discarded <br /> <br />water breathed life into river flowing <br />man breathed in death river choking <br /> <br />oxygen rich river was flush with fish <br />smell taste drink putrid pollution <br /> <br /> <br />Copyright © Terence George Craddock<br /><br />Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-river-dies/
