River of life
Rain was your birth
Gathered deep

Beneath the earth.
Search and seep,
Hollow stone

Issue and flow
Virgin stream
Meander free

It's a long way to the sea.
Caves and canyons
Stark prison walls

Swirl and hurl you
From white cascading falls.
Across the plain

Sweep your course
River roll
Follow your star.


There's a city
There's a bridge.

Ships and barges
Dark rusty hearts
Feed cranes along your banks.

Waste and poison
cloy where once men drank.
Forget the pain

From rain to rain
Journey's end
Is surely not far ...