Only Love

HOW GOOD IT IS 

TO STOP BESIDE THE WATER’S EDGE!

I CAN’T FEEL WHAT DAY THIS IS!

I ONLY KNOW THE SUN UPON MY FACE

AND THAT EVERY TIME I RETURN TO THIS PLACE,

RIVER LOW OR HIGH, 

I AM ONLY I!

BARBED WIRE HAS BEEN DEVOURED 

BY THIS RIVER TREE --

WILL IT BE SO WITH OLD BOUNDARIES AND ME?

WILL IT BE SO WITH OLD ANGER?

ONLY LOVE SHOULD BE GUARANTEED

THE HONOR OF ETERNITY ----

NOTHING ELSE COULD MATTER!

© Gerry Sackett, 2015

Beside the Water's Edge
Photo by Tony Russell