River of life 

Rain was your birth 

Gathered deep 

Beneath the earth. 

Search and seep, 

Hollow stone 

Issue and flow 

Virgin stream 

Meander free 

It's a long way to the sea. 

Caves and canyons 

Stark prison walls 

Swirl and hurl you 

From white cascading falls. 

Across the plain 

Sweep your course 

River roll 

Follow your star. 



There's a city 

There's a bridge. 

Ships and barges 

Dark rusty hearts 

Feed cranes along your banks. 

Waste and poison 

cloy where once men drank. 

Forget the pain 

From rain to rain 

Journey's end 

Is surely not far ...