Bring the Waterfalls Home

 Bring the Waterfalls Home

Dr Abe V Rotor

 Waterfalls on the Wall mural by A V Rotor, San Vicente Botanical Garden 

(San Vicente Ilocos Sur Heritage Zone of the North R.A. 11645)

Hiss, tumble, and roar;

catch the cloud into rain,

mist and fog in your favor 

for mystery to reign.

Your beginning and end

make a long, long story;

yonder, around the bend, 

down below you're free,

meandering to the sea,

across farm and pasture,

along dike and levee,

greeting every creature.

I followed you long ago,

but lost along the way

to where I didn't know, 

in abandon and gay  

  

of the real meaning of life - 

lesson you teach human

to go on, ease or strife,

 'til the last drop is gone.

Hiss, tumble, and roar;

catch the cloud into rain,

mist and fog in your favor 

for mystery to reign.