I Remember

The brown raging river flows fast Along the southing flooded shores Where once a younger I had passed Those many long lost years of yore. I am reminded of August Of fifty-five: the great deluge When the river was its deepest And residents fled to refuge From the continuous rising Water. I remember houses Afloat and animals clinging To life with their frenzy faces. I remember…just standing here Gazing at this mighty Delaware.