If ever you have walked a country creek
As far as you possibly can
To see perhaps where it leads and ends,
Or the source where it began
As far as you possibly can
To see perhaps where it leads and ends,
Or the source where it began
If you loved its restless rolling purpose
As it traveled steadily along,
And drank in the soul-feeding music
Of the water's bubbling song
If you marveled at the dazzling sparkle
Of sunlight playing in the spray
As it dances o'er the many rocks
And logs it meets along the way
If you've waded in up to your knees
And felt the cool gentle caress
Or in cupped hands savored a drink
As you paused a little while to rest
Or if you've just stood along the bank
And lovingly wondered where it went,
Then you know that time at a country creek
Could not have been better spent.
K L Dennie 2019
As it traveled steadily along,
And drank in the soul-feeding music
Of the water's bubbling song
If you marveled at the dazzling sparkle
Of sunlight playing in the spray
As it dances o'er the many rocks
And logs it meets along the way
If you've waded in up to your knees
And felt the cool gentle caress
Or in cupped hands savored a drink
As you paused a little while to rest
Or if you've just stood along the bank
And lovingly wondered where it went,
Then you know that time at a country creek
Could not have been better spent.
K L Dennie 2019
