Lifelong

Life’s too short

For rushing

And ruing.

Let it run

Thick and slow

And rich and

Deep and velvet

Smooth over

Boulders and

Into cracks deep

To the bottom

And long down

The valley,

Silent and soft

And warmed

In the sun

And black

Through the

Night yet

Teeming

With song

Lifelong,

No rush

To rue.