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By the River

The frenzied city far away 
Abandoned for a calmer day 

Now relish Devon’s autumn hues  
That gild the trees and tint the views 

Blissful hours beside the river 
A sudden gust; the branches quiver 

A seedpod falls to float downstream
Borne by the water keen and clean

Perhaps to reach a distant sea
Via wooded banks and verdant lee

But soon to meet its voyage’s end
As stranded at the river’s bend 

There to set its tender roots 
At springtime force its own green shoots 

And so its destiny, not sea
But to become a towering tree

To flourish where the river flows
And shed in turn its embryos 

That spiral downwards to the flow
Along the current fast and slow 

Ever reaching for the sky 
As seasons of the year pass by 

Thriving  on the river’s bank
With others of its sylvan rank     


The  spreading  canopy now shades
The springtime flowers in woodland glades 

Thus Nature’s cycle is assured 
And river gazers never bored

Copyright © John Mcgillivray | Year Posted 2019