Inevitable

poem

 

 

Inevitable

 

The rugged rocks although they try

cannot prevent, merely delay.

The flowing stream which will pass by

 and in so doing wear away.

 

The rocks which try to stem the flow

and slowly grind them down to sand.

This is the secret rivers know

theirs is the task to change the land

 

Although the rugged rocks maintain.

That they will keep their pride of place.

The water moves them grain by grain

 until there’s very little trace.

 

They may endure for centuries

but water flows eternally.

 The rocks succumb eventually

 and leave the river flowing free.

 

Time also like a river flows

and wears away the lives of men

Though to what end and what purpose.

Men question time and time again.

 

There are some things we may not know

and that is why there’s no reply.

We only know it must be so

 that in due course all men must die.

 

22-Mar-08