I AM DRAWN TO THE RIVER



Flowing water somehow has an appeal
to us all,
calmly flowing water has a calming effect on our minds,
just as a tsunami will be devastating to mankind,
water is this mesmeriser,
it effects us
hook line and sinker.

I am drawn to the river.
The  ripples on the water are like
my little emotions of the time,
the tides of the swaying water of silver
are like my fleeting emotions flooding the river.

Emotions of love and sorrow
inspiration and desolation
from one moment to another
no rhyme or reason
they happen just like passing of the day’s shadows
with the fading sun as shading of the light follows.
I am drawn to the river
hook line and sinker.

I am drawn to the river
there’s the Thames just behind my flat
in the cosy North Greenwich land.
We are literally a stone’s throw away
so to say
I am drawn to the river Thames in sway.

Across the river
on the other side
I can see London Overground
plying to and fro
just as the tides of the Thames
from my side to the other , they flow.

Many a time I have walked this path,
in times of joy
or more often sorrow,
more often on my own
lost in my thoughts
the anguish of my daughter’s despair
hurting me as I plod up and down
I am drawn to the river alone,
in my thoughts I drown.

River Thames keeps flowing,
the water is still mesmerising,
my North Greenwich flat
in the cosy suburban land
is still standing at its stance
but my beloved daughter is no more
she has departed to another abode.
I am drawn to the Thames River,
hook line and sinker.

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Charms of a river, hope and sorrow , love and death

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Submitted by badal.pal on August 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxxabxB Bcxbb bdbdeeBB Bfghhh bxabxx xxbixbjij xcfgxbxbB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,467
Words 288
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 7, 5, 8, 6, 6, 9, 9

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