Come Forth Gentlest of Tides

Come forth gentlest of tides ...

Lean into the light shined

aneath billion year old stars

Wintertide shadows

bathed in brimful glow ,

cauterized by starlight

Visceral notions permeate

the head and the heart ,

come forth immense depth

over expansive distance

Hence , given the gentlest

of tides is still a tide

which courses rivers' flow ;

natural ambient levels

rise and fall rhythm

Vast deep waters imbibe

the confluence unity ;

osmose wellspring tributaries drift ,

water issued from a bedrock hole

rooted on mountain high

Springs uprose from terrestrial majestic

debouched into rivers wide ,

suffused in ocean's earthen salt ,

depths deeper than cosmic estuaries vastitude

There is an equilibrium

in the tides roll to and fro

A fulcrum that returns outflow

forever beginning symmetry

where the tide meets the river's current

Gravity’s turning point ,

pendulum’s continuum swing

sage assent arising like smoke tendrils wisp

soul's prevailing tides' ebb and flow

December 28th, 2013 © ...Harlon Rivers