Our Rivers

Hamza
Nov 14, 2023
Photo by Sven Brandsma on Unsplash

We wake.
We weep,
startled from long sleep.

We cuddle.
We fall.
Grow bolder & tall.

We imagine.
We wonder.
We hide, from thunder.

We obsess.
We rage.
We break out of our cage.

We leave.
We lie.
Realities, we deny.

We mature.
We realise,
what it means to be alive.

We wander.
In fear
of constant misery and tears.

We embrace.
We dance.
We give each other a chance.

We work.
We write.
Hope we’re doing it right.

We create.
We smile.
Travel metres and miles.

We watch.
We bear
being abandoned by who were once near.

We ponder.
We shiver.
We see the bank of our river.

We breathe
our last breath
in our dance with death.

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