River of Life Copyright ©2005 Ciara Murphy

Life flows as a river

Past ever changing banks

At first it did flow

Through wooded trees

With fairies, gnomes, bunnies and swings

Past pixies and toadstools and a Faraway Tree

It flowed silently past trees

Of mores greens then e’er been seen

Trees that give shade to the windy river

Full of downs and ups

Life flows as a river

Past ever changing banks

Memories I’ll miss

Happy times with friends

Life’s river is not without rapids

Though few so soon on

Waterfalls cascade beside me

Trees give way to plains

I can see both in front and behind me

But only till the bend

Ciara Murphy, Freshman