RiverGuardian• Show poetry

As Guardian of the rivers
Keeper of the night
I never stood in yearning
To venture to the light

But I heard all those whispers
From memories that float by
It’s the picture of the journey
That sparked within my eye

The flashes that invoked me
Living beauty so unknown
And stories that you told me
Of which never were my own

So I dreamt for just a moment
To mortal slumber I did go
To wake up in the light
So I could truly know

To experience mortal pleasure
And walk a place so grand
To stand on great mountains
And sink in shifting sand

To find love as told in epics
That would repent before my eye
And then long to love again
Before this being shall die

To feel all the loss and hope
And all the lessons it has bore
To long again a mortal dream
And experience so much more

Now some of you have met me
Within this mortal flight
You comfort in my presence
But I’m stranger to your sight

And though you can’t remember
I am familiar to your soul
Hidden within this mortal
Past me, you did once flow

But mark these words in promise
That again, you will know me
When this mortal life passes
Again, I’ll watch over thee

I’m Guardian of your rivers
Keeper of the night
Just out for a little liberty
To walk within the light…