ANALOGY

Fresh water mountain springs
of timeless incubation
do over ageless time
their tributaries combine
forming mountain streams
which cut and channel
guided by Nature and gravity
until at their maturity
waters into rivers turn
which then confluence form
resulting in rivers of great majesty.

Life too, starts
with an incubation
in a liquid womb
which over given time
a birth gives forth
that slowly but steadily grows
by custom and Nature sown
guided, shaped, nurtured
till maturity is attained
enabling one then to join
in the mainstream of life.

Our 'River of Life' just as
cascading mountain streams
their channels cut and form,
demands we too select and conform
to the norms of our societies
despite life's many obstacles,
as rock and boulder
in stream's way stand,
so too must we circumvent,
as rivers turn and meander
we too attune our demeanor
adjust to changing situations,
rivers to their final destination flow
joining vast bodies of water below,
we too will reach our final destination
merging with the 'River of No Return.'

 

Herbert Holzbauer
© December 2002

Midi: "Der Fluss"
(The River)
Composer: Bert Hilby

Photo: "Sunset in Quetico Park"
By: Michael Peake