River...

My Heart is a river...

An ebb and flow of love and loss that permits it's traveller an unsteady passage.

It surges and seethes through narrow causeways.

It bubbles and churns in eddies that at times seem unrelenting.

You will be tested by it's tempestuous nature.

I cannot guarantee your safety...

I cannot ensure that you will not be swept away by it's waves, or battered upon it's rocky shores!

But...hang on, I beg you...hang on...

Through the rapids and foam, through the white knuckled rage and mercurial change of it's waters there is calm...

Just past the bend lies a stillness...

A deepening flow of clear blue where the colours of the open sky in all it's beauty and wonder are reflected in it's clarity.

Stop...stay a while.

Bathe in it's warmth and healing, drink from it's purity through your cupped hands as you take it in.

Let it envelop your body as you float on it's softening tide.

Frolic in the crispness of it's hazy morning greeting.

It is perpetual, so take from it what you wish, but be mindful of what you give it.

Do not poison it's waters, or dam it's flow. Do not attempt to change it's course or conquer it's wild soul.

You will surely drown...and this river will flow on.