Ode to a Rocky Stream

                                                 Ode to a Rocky Stream

“I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise 

of its own unfolding.”- - John O'Donohue

Dr Abe V Rotor

Rocky Stream in acrylic by AV Rotor

Brisbane, Australia, August 1, 2023

               You welcome new life in spring,

     laugh with the brook in summer;

in autumn catch the leaves falling,

     touch the blue sky in winter. 

You whisper in the first rain of May,

     sing with the birds in the trees,

shout with the rapids, happy at play,

     tame and catch the  breeze.

You are a funnel of the watershed,

     you fill the ponds and lake,

rivers and dams for use ahead,

     for all creatures' sake. ~

"Happiness consists in activity. It is a running stream, not a stagnant pool." - John Mason Good

"All the streams carry the wisdom of the forest to the lake, and over there, silence replaces the noise!" - Mehmet Murat Ildan