Rivers of Time

Like rivers of time / our lives drift by / as seasons / providing the trees / acquire soft, green leaves / and then in time / turning red and golden / shed their leaves. Travelers in time are all / like a wind sweeping across the plains of life / visitors in a temporary land / enjoying moments of bright sunny days / filled with fun and joy / soon to be followed by sudden storms / and then dark hours / followed again by the brightness of the day / rivers of time / carrying each traveler through his day / waiting / waiting for the next to arrive / Time an ever moving thing / a river / carrying each person / in turbulent white water / or calm flowing streams / through all events of life / then stranding him on a rocky and barren shore / or other times / gently laying him upon soft and lush meadows / to rest as in a quiet and calm place / Finally on the appointed day / a call goes forth / and the wayfarer receives his summons / to quickly go / moving through time / to stand in a queue / moving to an unknown space / together with others summoned / to appear at some distant place / The queue is formed / the line moves forward / the time has arrived to board / those great ships of time / like the giant Leviathan / casts off from near harbors / and then ever moving / to arrive at some distant shore/ Like rivers of time / our lives drift by / a season at a time / travelers all / in a moment in time.