Streams

“ STREAMS “      
                                         

 SILENT STREAM FLOWS FREELY UNDER COVER OF THE NIGHT
 SWIRLING AND TWIRLING BENEATH SHADOWY MOONLIGHT
  FISH GATHERING TOGETHER FROGS SLEEP ALONG THE SHORE 
 MORNING COMES JUST IN TIME LIKE EVERY DAY BEFORE
  TURTLES MOVE ON SLOWLY AS RAPID WATERS FIND THEIR WAY
  RIPPLES DANCING ON THE WATER TOO BEAUTIFUL TO STAY
  RAINDROPS FEED THE STREAM WET THE THIRSTY RIVER BANKS
  OVER AND OVER AGAIN NATURES WAY OF SAYING THANKS
  SUN RAYS STREAMING DOWN CUTTING THROUGH THE CLOUDS 
  SHINE LIKE A THOUSAND DIAMOND RINGS COVERING WET GROUND
   WARMTH STREAMS THROUGH MY BODY SEEING AN OLD FRIEND
   TIME WITH SOMEONE I CAN BE MYSELF NOT HAVING TO PRETEND    
   THOUGHTS STREAMING THROUGH THE MIND AS IDEAS PAVE THE WAY
   BUILDING ON THE PROMISES THAT WE MAKE TODAY
   MUSIC STREAMING IN THE ELEVATOR AND THROUGHOUT THE STORE
   OLD FAMILIAR SONGS MAKE YOU WANT FOR MORE  
   CHANGE NEVER ENDS TIME GOES MARCHING ON
   ALL THAT’S NEW TODAY MAY SOMEDAY BE GONE 
   PEOPLE STREAMING CROWDED SIDEWALKS CARS CRUISING DOWN THE 
   ROAD
   EVERYONE PREOCCUPIED CARRYING THEIR OWN LOAD
   LIFE COMES AT YOU FAST THINGS YOU CAN’T CONTROL
   MAKE IT DIFFICULT TO STAND WHEN IT’S EASIER TO FALL   
    SWIMMING IN THE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS WHERE QUESTIONS 
    COME ALIVE
    NOT KNOWING ALL THE ANSWERS UNTIL THEY ARRIVE
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