Waterfall Valley
Down and off the beaten path
if I just keep going now
there’s a place that I have seen
and I am not quite sure how
From the roar of the valley
is the flowing blood
of a waterfall nestled
behind the cottage wood
the rocks are gleaming
and streaming
with the mist
as the water
tumbles
and breaks
Moss is the carpet
bark is the wallpaper
leaves are my ceiling
the water is my guardian
It’s constant pitter patter
I cant even remember
not hearing
its everpresent chatter
I wonder what the sky
must be saying high above
the canopy of the forrest
where flies the dove
As I walk into the depths
and the grotto now before
I yearn to see it with my eyes
and make my hear soar
Just like the place in my head
not a single twig out of place
there stands the waterfall
and the cottage full of grace
and I feel the roots growing
and the trees always knowing
that they must do their silent work
with the babble of the brook
But all together now
they must play a part
of the bigger picture
where everything else must start
And to this place I was drawn
and I’ll never understand why
but I think I’ll stay a while
‘til dusk turns to dawn.
Copyright © Morgan Ballantyne | Year Posted 2016
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