Gentle as water- a poem by Marcus Severns

Gentle As Water
 
In a stream
Flowing over hardened
Hearts and minds
To slowly show them the way.
 
Taking little bits of them
To carry them
To the vast ocean
 
Where life started.
 
Then returning to the highest peeks
of Soul
Where I wash down the old paths again
To show
The way
As I always do.
 
In cycles,
I come and go,
To bring everyone back
To where we began again.
 
Eventually we shall be whole.
 
Even when seem as hard and unwavering
As a glacier,
Know,
That in ten years
A frozen river
Will carry an entire boulder
A mile.


I might seem as hard as stone
At times,
But really
I'm flowing
At a pace
The stone can relate with.
 
No one will be left out
When
Carried
By the flow of compassion.
 
(Marcus Severns has published in several magazines and journals including Merak Magazine, Duane's PoeTree, Everyday Poems, and MadnessMuse Press. However his most notable accomplishment from writing was winning 1st place in a regional short story competition for Southeast TN EMC. He currently resides in east Tennessee.)