I sit alone beside a River of Darkness

hearing footsteps and seeking feelings

trying to find the one

I sit alone beside a River of Darkness

and happyness fills my soul

crying out with laughter I dance

I sit alone beside a River of Darkness

reading words but don't understand

knowledge is what I crave

I sit alone beside a River of Darkness

and cast my fishing rod into the sea of dreams

destroying the bad and nurishing the good

I sit alone beside a River of Darkness

weeping for anyone who listens

about war and the greed

I sit alone beside a River of Darkness

trying to escape the web of life

but only sinking in deeper

I sit alone beside a River of Darkness

and get up to join my friends

reveling in companionship

No one sits beside a River of Darkness

and when the silence grows deep

memories are seen in its cool depths.

-By Jessica Holder, (aka Christine Connla)