The river of your love
Ripples with
Gentle waves
Under the velvet touch
Of a summer eve

A refreshing basin to
Majestic birds
Descending
From the sky

A cooling shelter
To shimmering fish
That flicker by
Their rock beds
Carved by the
Earth’s touch
Eons ago

It quenches the thirst of
Lumbering bears
Drawn from the heat
To the shade
Of a July dusk

A babbling, life-giving
Miracle that began
At the foot of a stone
We’ve climbed a
Million times
Marveling at its peaks
As it tore our glistening
Skies in half –

Touched by a magnificent
Hand the beautiful
Life-giving creek began
Its descent through the
Grit of weekdays
Fading into
Weightless evenings

Springs of joys
Fountains of
True miracles

Merging lives
Moments, tears
Smiles and prayers
Into the beautiful
Vast and timeless
Ocean of life