Resty Rivera( PHILIPPINES) - River Running

Slowly winds the thick brown river
through the gently rolling plains
on her way to her mother the Sea.
In the rounded curves of her armpits
the quick silver fish slither and dart
blowing bubbles that spread out
as smooth geometrical circles
to disappear, against the slippery banks

Sitting in the sun the grey green toad
enjoys the warmth with dark shaded eyes,
slyly measuring the reach of the sticky tongue,
weighing up the shining green blue dragonfly.
With a skillful flick the main course is served
and she settles to wait for instant dessert

The sun glides quietly to rest under sail
pulling fluffy cummulus over her head.
Hark the choir tunes up for the night
bullfrogs booming, a bellow of bass,
screeching fiddle of bruin-suited locusts,
the whining zooming of the zazoo mosquito,
the owl has a short mournful solo woo hoo
and the quiet is lost from the night.

Slowly trickles the meandering brown river
unheedful of all drama on her way
to her mother, the welcoming Sea!

Resty Rivera( PHILIPPINES)

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