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The Living River

May 7, 2022
By Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
102 articles 7 photos 1819 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A writer must never be short of ideas."
-Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)


Life is a river
It can only be seen once
This life of ours
Is just this once
And it's just like a river
For the end of the river is death

First, the river forms so little
like your first step, It flows and flows
People fulfil their needs through it
And after that what they'd say, who knows
Gradually, it takes form
And never stops yet, as it has no certain halt

It passes all types of people
Good but bad, rich but poor
The people wonder its origin
But, what do they have in store? The Unknown!
As days pass, parts of the river evaporate
And it has changed to be old and great

Soon full soon, the time has come
For the river to have its rest
After flowing endlessly
And then we hear a loud shrill
Like a person falling down the hill
There no longer is a river
As it is gone and mixed with the ocean now

Everything has its end; So does this life, a river



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Afra ELITE said...
on May. 13 2022 at 9:41 am
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
102 articles 7 photos 1819 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A writer must never be short of ideas."
-Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)

@2009MELB02, Thank you...😃😃😃

Afra ELITE said...
on May. 13 2022 at 9:41 am
Afra ELITE, Kandy, Other
102 articles 7 photos 1819 comments

Favorite Quote:
"A writer must never be short of ideas."
-Gabriel Agreste- (Fictional character- Miraculous)

@IzzyMossie137, thank you...🙃🙃🙃

on May. 13 2022 at 5:47 am
2009MELB02 BRONZE, Melbourne, Other
4 articles 0 photos 6 comments

Favorite Quote:
“Those who dream by day are cognisant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.”
-Edgar Allan Poe

An excellent piece with a lot of meaning behind it. Well done, @Afra!

on May. 13 2022 at 4:12 am
IzzyMossie137 GOLD, Aurora, Illinois
11 articles 1 photo 75 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Life is a journey I don't have a map for."
-Delta Goodrem-

@Afra, the river is the perfect metaphor for life. Good job <3