Heartbeats Of Rapids Confide

I remember us floating down this river

in the "Titanic" of imperishable.

The rocks in the water moved aside.

The bank seemed to hug our souls

with passion that was unmeasurable

as heartbeats of rapids confide.



Like immortals we dropped our oars

and threw out our life-vest.

Insanely we didn't respect the river.

We challenged it to sink the moment

and put this love to the test.

Undaunted it splashed us to shiver.



When I awoke along the bank side,

I realized we never moved.

The river had just held us in place.

You, my love, were across the way

and the river smiled and approved.

There was no bridge between our space.



I looked at you grabbing your chest

holding out one arm to me,

then decided what your love was worth.

I promise I never left you, my love;

I cried and turned with destiny,

then walked the distance of the earth.



When I finally reached our river,

I searched for you my darling.

The trees on the bank moved aside.

Honey, when I saw you in the twilight,

I noticed your eyes still sparkling.

As heartbeats of rapids confide.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

A woman and her husband had three children, when drugs and alcohol tore them apart.  A very loving mother and father abandoned their children to pursue a life of hopelessness.  Gone from her children for many years one day she turned around to find God.  She faught to bring her children a life they always deserved and eventually she gave them a home of love.  The father was in prison for many more years but had kept in correspondence with his children.  She looked for love to find her but held out by the voice of God.  Then one day the trees on the bank moved aside as he came home a new man but with the same love for his wife.  They now live together as a family and have nothing but time to look forward to.  It is love that makes the world go round, I am certain!

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