Dark river beds so far below

Rushing with torrents full of rain

So many muddy memories held

Entangled joy, sadness, and pain

They saturate the ground below

And always upward ebb and flow

To bring forgotten back to life

What so long dormant there has lain

Through crevices in life’s hard rock

Waters of the past permeate

Changing brick to quicksand mud

Unstable, sudden falls create

They turn the world upside down

To wash away or even drown

Before the present rights itself

And thoughts and feelings can abate

So much to lose – so much to gain

From the past’s watermarked stain

Though hard, it never is too late

To learn from memories that await

Change moves like the rolling tide

Slow but unstoppable force

Pushing in or out to sea

Inexorably from the source

Moment’s glance can never tell

What direction is its course

Brilliant sky and blazing sun

Paint the ocean aqua green

Tempest winds and tall dark clouds

Turn it to a stormy scene

Sunset’s glowing reds and golds

Calm the waves by evening

Each molecule only turns

Within the wave round and round

But great ships are miles moved

Out to sea or run aground

Such subtle shifts with such great change

Nowhere else on earth are found