There's a Universe in Here

White Watered Stream

water rushing free and fast

flowing  crisply quickly past

loves a swift white watered stream

and once I swam the waters as I pleased

in the deepest depths of the warmest springs

in the bluest purest pool where sunlight gleams

never did I fear death

nor getting pulled under

the waves I let embrace me

but then I heard thunder

then suddenly came winter

without warning came snow

I stood bare, unprepared 

encased in bitter cold

and leaves changed to beauty

only to be  covered in ice

there my lake changed to glass

swallowed by raven night

I witnessed nature's power

its merciless wrath

so I lay still a crystal

the wretched storm I let pass

and at the bottom I lay frozen

waiting for spring for sweet summer

for suns expecting warmth

that once I thrived under

and yes one day it came

a long time after forever

and I swam to the surface

cautiously I reentered

I took a deep breath

yet still I smelled of death

yet I still lost the war

silver mist on my breath

wings broken on shore

like a white fallen dove

unable to soar

the wind swallowed my faith

and the sun scorched my dreams

I wish not to stay 

on earth I can't breath

oh but love is a white watered stream!

and I once swam the fresh water as I pleased

yes love keeps you safe and love keeps you sound

but drift too long in white rapids and eventually you will

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